A few days ago I posted about a dvd drive not being detected. I fixed that by reinstalling my drivers, this time I have a new problem. My dvd will not recgonize any cd or dvd. It simply says "D:\ is not a valid Win32 application." I'm not very familiar with cd/dvd drivers, any information or help would be appreciated.
This sounds like an error in the file associations of Windows. Go to Start > Run and enter the following command: Code: regsvr32.exe "shell32.dll" And then reboot.
Thanks for the help. I did what you said and after I entered the command it said DllRegisterServer in shell32.dll succeeded Then when I rebooted I still had the same problem.
Yes I can but I cant open anything on the cd or dvd. What I mean by that is I can't just open the cd and run the exec file or I will just get the same error message telling me that D:\ is not a valid windows operation or w/e.
Maybe this will help, here is my specific model name: LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S Please, any help would be much appreciated.
Umm, I am running service pack one because im having trouble installig sp2. 77.77 nvidia drivers latest mobo drivers I don't know how to check anything else?
When you boot your system, do you have trouble booting off a CD or DVD at any point? Have you run Memtest86?
No I don't have a problem booting from a cd, and no I haven't ran memtest86. I don't think i'm going to buy it either. Can we try something else?
You mean that memtest program?? You dont have to buy that, its free and the latest one is at Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool Also i would suggest that you should check in the Device Manager to see if there is anything in the Yellow exclamatery sign.. (Right Click My Computer > Manage > Device Manager)
lol, whoops There is a yellow exclamation next to standard game port. By the way, which download link do I choose at the memtest site?
The latest .zip file with the burnable ISO. You can still get a floppy version, but with people starting to skip using the floppy, you might want to pass . For Memtest86, get version 3.3 For Memtest86+, version 1.7.
i have the same drive. i can't read or write to a cd or dvd. this is a recent problem, and i've done this plenty. after this problem, i cleaned the lens, and it looks good. i put a cd in, and it tries to read a blank cd (or any other cd that i've used before with stuff on it). any things i can do to try and fix this? (maybe start a new thread?) i'd like to claim that i'm "pretty good" with working in sensitive hardware (i work with a mass spec at work, clean it and do regular maintainance... a cd drive shouldn't be a problem) i also have all the tools.
less than 2 years, hardly ever used for writing to a disc... shoot, hardly ever used for reading a disc... mostly when i'm reformatting (once every 6 months or so...)
