Cdrom Drive Won't Refresh In Xp

ghiebert · Joined: Jun 01, 2003 Posts: 1

The CD drives won't refresh directory contents in XP.

I have a CDRom drive and a CD burner, drives E: and F: respectively. (After that there is a Drive G: which is a partition set up by Boot Magic.) For some totally useless reason there is also a DVD drive showing as H: , who really knows why, and another CD shows up as I:. That doesn't bug me too much, but what does bug me is that neither E: nor F: will refresh when I place another CD into either of those drives. I have to literally right click on drive E:, for example, and then select 'Explore'. Then it reads and refreshes the contents of the new CD, and any program can then read that drive, but not before I do that.

I have even gone into the Administrator logon, and the same thing is happening there, so I can't do some kind of registry cut and paste to fix this.
What gives? Any ideas? Do I need to reinstall WinXP? I might do that anyway, when I get my new motherboard, but I sure would like to know what can cause this. It's hard to figure out a Google search to track this symptom down, so I thought I would try asking here. You never know, somebody might have an answer.

Thanks,
ghiebert

goretsky · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:45 pm Post subject:

Hello,

It could very be a hardware problem, or it could be a software problem. Troubleshooting this may take a few steps before the problem is solved. In no particular order, I would suggest you check the following:

Verify the cabling to the CD-ROM drive is completely plugged-in.
Clean the CD-ROM drive with a CD cleaner.
Visit the CD-ROM drive manufacturer's web site to see if any new firmware is available.
Visit the Microsoft Windows Update web site to see if any new updates are available.
Visit the motherboard manufacturer's web site to see if any chipset driver updates are available.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

handsome · Joined: May 27, 2003 Posts: 19

This sounds like device duplication in the port assignments within XP itself. It may be a product of the order in which the devices were added to the configuration. I would suggest you go into the Device Manager and remove any CD devices you find, CD-ROM, Burner, DVD, anything else you find in this category. Then rebook and let Windows XP rediscover the installed devices. Do a backup first (I assume the burner IS working). Be sure you have all the media that came with the peripherals in case you have to load drivers again. I'd be real surprised if XP repeated the multiple drive assignments. If so, you have nothing left but "Format C:" With XP thats a repartition and reinstall.
Good Luck!

rht341 · Joined: Mar 08, 2003 Posts: 5

Hello,

This is a longshot, but is it possible there are still legacy CD-ROM drivers being loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS?

Good luck!

Rich

palandor · Joined: Jun 03, 2003 Posts: 1

There is an XP bug.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;314939

The fix says to install SP1 but that didn't fix it for me.

b

mrdancer · Joined: Jun 03, 2003 Posts: 6

Have you installed any CD-burning programs or other third-party utilities that add CD-ROM emulators? For example, CloneCD offers an option of installing a CD-ROM emulator during installation of the program. The purpose is for mounting images of CDs that you would normally need to insert into your regular ol' CD-ROM to run (such as games that run from a CD).

I don't know if these virtual CD-ROM emulators would mess up the refresh properties on your physical CD-ROM drives, but it is another avenue for troubleshooting.

TKESlinky · Joined: Jun 03, 2003 Posts: 2

Alcohol 120% also offers a 'virtual' drive. I had problems with this prog running on Windows 2000 Pro and had to uninstall it b/c of this. You might also want to check for DAEMON Tools. Its a prog that allows you to install up to 4 virtual drives at the same time.

ggnnoo · Joined: Jun 03, 2003 Posts: 3

I ran into this situation and found it to be-believe it or not- Nero and other cd burning software adding virtual drives. It's at least worth a shot. If you check your burning software settings you may find the culprit.

DVDK · Joined: Jun 04, 2003 Posts: 1

I had the same thing happen to me. I suspected it was Nero "ImageDrive" but couldn't be bothered looking into it. After reading your post, I removed "ImageDrive" and the problem went away.

martyt · Joined: Jun 17, 2003 Posts: 3

I too think that you likely have this because of an image drive from your software. I run Nero and have the DVD image. I never tried to remove it from Nero wtih the method suggested above.

Is it really a problem? What is the advantage of removing it (or not)?

When I tried to uninstall it within Windows it reinstalled shortly thereafter. I had thought that it had to do with making VCDs and SVCDs but I am not sure about that.

legabier · Joined: Feb 27, 2004 Posts: 1

I have one solution:
In Windows Explorer, right-click on your CD-ROM drive, select Eject. Then reenter your CD, refresh!
This work for me, but not for the label of the CD, just the content,..
(Sorry if my english is poor, it's not my first language)

usasma · Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 5007

Dell had a problem like this a year or two ago. Took a BIOS update to fix it.

falliston · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:

This isn't to help, but it may inform.

I have a virtual CD from Clone CD and one put in from Nero. I seldom use them, but my physical drives refresh with every disk inserted so I don't think their presence is causing the refresh issue.

This used to happen with floppy drives in the old DOS days and was usually the controller. A BIOS and chipset update may solve this.

RandomBox · Joined: Dec 09, 2002 Posts: 2099

I notice that this topic is being discussed amongst many new Gnomies: Including ghiebert, rht341, palandor, MrDancer, TKESlinky, ggnnoo, DVDK, martyt, legabier (and falliston, usasma, goretsky).
I would like to welcome uze guyz to LockerGnome forums!
I don't know if any of the great tips that others have provided here have helped you out and I would like to mucky up the topic a little more (if I may).
1. Enable Auto Insert Notification for CD Drives
Some programs will disable this default setting to play inserted CDs automatically! Roxio applications do this; for example! To re-enable this functionality >>>
• Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
• Double-click Autorun
• Make sure the value is set to "1" under Value Data.
• Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
• Double-click "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"
• Make sure the value was set to "91" under Value Data.
• Close the registry editor
• Restart your computer.
You should now be able to pop in a CD, and WinXP should pop up the autoplay menu and attempt to autorun the CD.
2. Disable AutoRun for the CD-ROM
One of the easiest ways for a hacker with physical access to a company's PC's to distribute malicious code is via the CD-ROM. By creating a custom CD with a payload set to launch from the AutoRun feature in any machine, a hacker can affect any number of unlocked systems without ever leaving a fingerprint or touching a keyboard. Or he/she can simply leave a few of these lying around the office marked "MP3's", or "Payroll Data" and wait for an unsuspecting user to simply pick it up and insert it into their machine. You can disable this function in WinXP Professional by
• Clicking Start > Run > and type GPEDIT.MSC
• Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Locate the entry for Turn AutoPlay off

Please let us know what finally cures your problem by posting back.
Good Luck and as you can see: we are all wishing you the best of success on this glitch! :rolleyes:

gsterry · Joined: Dec 05, 2002 Posts: 6949

Thanks for that step-by-step, 'Box... been having Windows Explorer pop open instead of Windows Media Player when I pop in a CD; hopefully, your suggestions will turn things around - no, wait - that's for a record player :huh:

tbernstein · Joined: May 16, 2003 Posts: 1583 Location: London

dusted · Joined: Mar 20, 2004 Posts: 1

hey there, this is my first post.

it seems that a few people have encountered this problem. When I first read RandomBox's post that my problem would be solved. But alas no.

I did follow the steps to edit the registry and both settings needed no changing.

I'm running 3 drives, the problem of them not refreshing occurs with all 3. Im running an nforce2 based board and have tried MS & nvidia IDE drivers.

The really funny thing is that i formatted this morning and everything was working sweet. Until i did a windows update. I downloaded and installed 33 updates and after the restart the non-refreshing came back (it was the reason for the format)

So if anybody has any other suggestions I would greatly appreciate hearing them.
Cheers,

Dash · Joined: Apr 02, 2004 Posts: 19

BigJoeSteele · Joined: Jun 13, 2004 Posts: 1

I had the same problem and I just wanted to say thx to that guy with the step-by-step instructions (sorry for forgetting your name :unsure: )

To the starter of this topic : I googled the keywords autorun, disabled, and refresh and this topic came on fifth or sixth

And to that guy with the Israeli flag as his um.. picture - גם אני מישראל!

RandomBox · Joined: Dec 09, 2002 Posts: 2099

His Name was gsterry and he has been MIA for a few months.
There is a topic discussing his potential escapades in the interim, somewhere here at LG:Forums.