Hi Shel
1 first download the REG file with a *right* mouse click on the link and
save it with "save as" on your harddisk.
Dont use your left mouse button here!
2 then *right* click with the mouse on that REG file and choose the first
entry in the appearing menu to install it
3 regedit32 will ask, if you want to import that file into the windows
registry, say yes
4 reboot Windows, and your drives should be there again, if not, search for
new hardware in the control panel under
Start --> Settings --> Control panel
if that doesent work, ask a capable friend to remove the wrong "filter"
entries manually in the windows registry with Start --> run --> regedt32
-->
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BF
C1-08002BE10318}] etc etc.
tell him, to save the registry first!
dont try the manual way yourself if your not a professional please.
5 remember, never install more than one CD burning program, that causes a
lot of troubles,for ex. Nero and Adaptec Easy CD Creator or roxio WinonCD on
the same windows installation. For further help you can also search
www.roxio.com.
greetings
Markus Maurer
How does the patch work? I clicked on the link and got
this. What do i do with it?
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-B
FC1-08002BE10318}]
"Class"="CDROM"
@="DVD/CD-ROM drives"
"EnumPropPages32"="MmSys.Cpl,MediaPropPageProvider"
"Installer32"="storprop.dll,DvdClassInstaller"
"SilentInstall"="1"
"NoInstallClass"="1"
"TroubleShooter-0"="tshoot.chm,hdw_drives.htm"
"Icon"="-51"
"LowerFilters"=hex(7):63,00,64,00,72,00,34,00,5f,00,32,00,4b,00,00,00,00,00
"UpperFilters"=hex(7):70,00,77,00,64,00,5f,00,32,00,4b,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-B
FC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-B
FC1-08002BE10318}\0001]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-B
FC1-08002BE10318}\0002]
"DefaultDvdRegion"=dword:00000001
"EnumPropPages32"="storprop.dll,DvdPropPageProvider"
"InfPath"="cdrom.inf"
"InfSection"="cdrom_install"
"ProviderName"="Microsoft"
"DriverDateData"=hex:00,40,99,31,33,2e,bf,01
"DriverDate"="11-14-1999"
"DriverVersion"="5.0.2183.1"
"MatchingDeviceId"="gencdrom"
"DriverDesc"="CD-ROM Drive"
Ohrbit wrote:
>
> Hi Shel
> its a well known issue when you have just uninstalled certain cd burner
> software like roxio/apdatec
> winonCD
> The remedy involves deleting some left over registry "Filter" entries with
> "regedt32" under Windows 2000 or XP.
> Then Windows should find your CDRoms after a restart, you diont need to
> install any drivers. You can also try patch from adaptec:
>
> ***look under
> http://www.adaptec.com/support/downloads/fix_uninst_ecdc_w2k.reg for a
> patch...
> or search for "lost cdrom" for ex. on www.Google.com
>
> Your drives are definitly not defective, its a software problem.
>
> ***taken from WinFAQ R 6.2 (www.winfaq.de), C 1996/2004 by Frank Ullrich
>
> greetings from Switzerland
> Markus Maurer
