DVD-Ram Drive likes to think its a CD-Rom only

[apierc1]

Hey guys,

I just deleted a thread I posted as I had jumped the gun. My DVD RW drive on my FE21M is currently not liking dvds, I'm not sure whats up with it, i have tried uninstalling the driver and adding the drive again but it keeps adding it as a "CD-Rom" drive. does anyone know what might be causing this, I would prefer not to have to clean instal my computer, well I can't anyway right now as I need it, it's very weird though, I tried to put in a DVD -R and it told me something like "invalid function" yet it should be able to use them, and I have before. It's a "Sony DVD RW DW-G520A" If anyone has any info or ideas that would be helpful, thanks

Andy

[apierc1]

[Blencogo]

Hi Andy,

Is it reading and writing CDs?

What DVD burning software do you gave installed?

Any errors in Device Manager?

You could try deleting the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters from you Registry - can't do any hard and may help.

[kee-lo_]

Clean the lens with a lint free cloth, not too much preasure on it either.