Ok, I've search google for an answer to this problem to no success.
I'm not a newbie when it comes to PCs either, I build my own and repair/troubleshoot others.
For some reason, my computer stopped reading DVDs in the drive. CDs load fine and I can burn to them. I checked the hardware properties and somehow Windows has decided to install a CDROM driver to the device, which is why I believe DVDs are no longer being read. I've tried going through and uninstalling the driver and getting rid of the registry keys assosicated in order for the correct driver to be installed, but Windows keeps installing incorrect ones.
This just happened a few days ago, tried restoring Windows to a week ago and same problem exists. Less than a month ago I used it to install Diablo 3 so I know it works fine. Without completely reinstalling Windows, can anyone come up with a solution?
Windows 7
ASUS DRW-24B1ST is the drive I have (windows is saying it is IDE\CdRomASUS_DRW-24B1ST___a_____________________1.04____ in the properties)
I've tried installing firmware but the ASUS DRW-24B1ST firmware package says it is not seeing the correct drive, and there is no such thing as ASUS DRW-24B1ST a on Asus's site.
The last time it worked was after I installed some new DVD burning software, which I have uninstalled but feel like there are still registry entries that are affecting this. Any way to completely remove the drive from the registry and select my own driver for it?
Thanks for your help
I'm not a newbie when it comes to PCs either, I build my own and repair/troubleshoot others.
For some reason, my computer stopped reading DVDs in the drive. CDs load fine and I can burn to them. I checked the hardware properties and somehow Windows has decided to install a CDROM driver to the device, which is why I believe DVDs are no longer being read. I've tried going through and uninstalling the driver and getting rid of the registry keys assosicated in order for the correct driver to be installed, but Windows keeps installing incorrect ones.
This just happened a few days ago, tried restoring Windows to a week ago and same problem exists. Less than a month ago I used it to install Diablo 3 so I know it works fine. Without completely reinstalling Windows, can anyone come up with a solution?
Windows 7
ASUS DRW-24B1ST is the drive I have (windows is saying it is IDE\CdRomASUS_DRW-24B1ST___a_____________________1.04____ in the properties)
I've tried installing firmware but the ASUS DRW-24B1ST firmware package says it is not seeing the correct drive, and there is no such thing as ASUS DRW-24B1ST a on Asus's site.
The last time it worked was after I installed some new DVD burning software, which I have uninstalled but feel like there are still registry entries that are affecting this. Any way to completely remove the drive from the registry and select my own driver for it?
Thanks for your help