600x dvd drive

[mnigro]

Have been using a DVD ROM / CD burner drive that came with my used ThinkPad. Never any problems. (It’s a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R-2002.)

I recently installed drivers and software to add an external DVD burner (LG GSA-E-10L). There was a lot of software that I added on with this drive (Nero, incd, etc.) The only snag I hit at first on the external was when I was running a backup, in that I needed to define the external drive as a recordable drive. (I can't recall the specifics, but after I did this it worked fine.)

However, now I notice that no matter what type of cd I put into the old internal drive, no files are recognized. I can see the drive listed in "my computer", but no files are displayed or accessible.

Is there another setting I have to tweak to get the old drive back?

Hard to believe that the old drive happened to die after I added the external. There must be some connection to these events. Thanks.

[rkawakami]

Hmm... Try launching Nero AFTER you put the disk in the drive and then see if you can access the files. I currently have this same problem in a T23 after swapping around several different DVD burners. I think I got the system totally confused as to what type of drive is installed. Windows does not recognize the loading of any disk until I start Nero. Once Nero is launched and terminated, then access to the drive (and files) is allowed. I suspect that something in the registry has been hosed but have been too lazy to revert back to a backup drive I made several months ago. The temporary workaround isn't too bad at the moment.