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Vista not reading burned disks

Jun 8, 2007 11:53AM PDT

Running Vista Ultimate 64x on HP Pavillon dv9000.

Hi everyone, I have tried looking all over for a solution to this problem I am having:

Most of the disks that I insert into my laptop that have been burned on an XP or earlier OS, some on a Mac, show up as blank. That is, when I insert these disks, Vista asks me how I want to format the blank disk.

These are many, many CD-Rs that have pictures burned on them. I can view the contents on the disk on computers not running Vista...

Has anyone ever heard of this, know what is going on, or can point me in the right direction? If you need more info, let me know... any input is much appreciated!

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It's Wierd But...
Jun 29, 2007 1:58PM PDT

Ok well vista has been stupid again and does not support versions of other computers sometimes. it varies with versions Of Windows Vista...i know very dumb but it's happened to me...anyways hope this helps this isn't really a solution.
dave

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ARe They Formatted Discs? CD-Rs? CD-RWs? DVDs?
Jun 29, 2007 2:11PM PDT

If they're formatted discs of any kind, then you'll need to install the same packet writing program on the Vista machine that was used to create the discs.. For example, if Nero's "InCD" formatted the disc, you'll need "InCD" installed to read the formatted disc..

On the other hand, if the discs are standard "finalized" burns, then the drive should be reading them unless there is a firmware issue.. We're seeing quite a few problems where the firmware for the CD/DVD drive needs to be updated for Vista. Find the model number of the drive and visit the drive manufacturer's site, download the firmware for the drive and install it. Driver manufacturer's are releasing updated firmware often because of the Vista issues.

Hope this helps.

Grif

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Resolved....
Jul 3, 2007 3:55AM PDT

Funny thing. Reading even more on the internet, people kept mentioning uninstalling VMWare. AND, I know for a fact that in the past, when I first got this laptop with Vista, I was able to view disks...

So I uninstalled VMWare - did nothing else - and now my issue went away.

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vista not reading dvds,cds etc....
Jul 12, 2007 1:49PM PDT

Vista incorporates many functions with many of the services running on you pc and many websites or personal testing to optimize your vista pc advise turning off various services...If you can see your dvd or cd but it wont read it, it is because the associated service to read it is turned off .If it was your hardware you would not be able to see the dvd or cd in the drive when you open my computor..If you see it and its not reading it there is one solution....turn back on the services that have been turned off one at a time, set to automatic...restart your computor..you can do it one at a time or just turn them all on set preferences to automatic and reboot and your dvd-cd reader will be restored and if you wish to turn off services to optimise your pc do so one at a time and check after restart to see if turns anything off because many services are attached to many of the vista drivers.