DVD-RW drive not recognized under Windows XP
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: Personal Computing
I have decided to start a new thread about this issue rather than further derail the other thread where we were talking about this.
I recently received a new DVD-RW drive courtesy of a friend here. After turning off the computer I removed the old drive. The old drive was the only IDE device on the system. I installed the new drive. The new drive uses the SATA interface.
After powering on the computer I went into the BIOS settings. BIOS confirms the new drive is connected. I am also able to boot of the new drive to bootable CDs and DVDs.
The problem is that Windows XP no longer says I have a DVD-RW drive. I only lists my hard drive and that's all under "My Computer". The new drive is plugged in correctly and runs just fine when I boot up a live Linux DVD. So I assume there is something that can fix this?
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Reply #2 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:50 AM
Does it show up in device manager at all as a non functioning device, or problem device?
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:56 AM
If it was,you could maybe update from internet, might find what it needs. If not, I could send you xppro, but you will have seven and eight soon. Just offering suggestions anyway, luck .I don't know if doing an upgrade with your xp would help, but I thought you said you had a sata dvd before, maybe it was just the harddrive.
Reply #4 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:09 AM
I doubt that is the problem. The SATA controller is working just fine. If it wasn't my hard drive would not work. The DVD-RW drive is plugged into the same controller.
Neither. The DVD-RW drive does not show up at all even after a scan for new hardware. Funny thing is that the drive works fine under Linux so this has to be a Windows XP issue.
I was hoping the DVD-RW drive would work for a game that I want to play that only works under XP. Thanks anyhow.
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:42 AM
look up mb drivers? with my old mb, win 7 didn't recognise a 2tb hdd (1 tb was ok) until i installed mb drivers from nvidia
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:53 AM
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13477579/Unhide_All_drives.reg Try adding this reg key first, then reboot.
If that doesn't do it, try the second one. I have used these before to fix this problem on XP.
Sorry it took me so long to remember where I put them.
Reply #8 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:33 AM
simply double klicking the .reg file will do so.
Reply #9 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:44 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:46 AM
All I get when I click on your first link is a new Windows in Firefox that shows me the reg keys. No download.
Reply #11 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:54 AM
I just tried with iE and it gives me the save dialog. Try right clicking and save target as. I just tried that and it worked also.
It is to my dropbox.
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:57 AM
did you try....
right click my computer in the start menu
choose Manage
under Storage, choose Disk Management
find the drive in the list
right click and assign a drive letter
Reply #13 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:06 AM
Kona, go to WC in IE, just long enough to use Wiz's links.
Reply #14 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:08 AM
right click my computer in the start menu
choose Manage
under Storage, choose Disk Management
find the drive in the list
right click and assign a drive letter
Yes, good idea. Also, while there, choose action, scan for new hardware at the top left.
Reply #15 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:17 AM
OK I used IE to download the registry files. Installed and rebooted. Checked and the DVD-RW drive still is not showing. I also tried the second fix with no success.
right click my computer in the start menu
choose Manage
under Storage, choose Disk Management
find the drive in the list
right click and assign a drive letter
Disk Management does not show the DVD-RW drive, even after a scan for new hardware.
Reply #16 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:20 AM
Well, other than a re-install of XP, I'm out of ideas.
Reply #17 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:27 AM
Well just for the heck of it I rebooted the machine into Ubuntu Linux. After boot I popped in an old game DVD that I have. Came right up on the system and allowed me to browse the contents of the drive. So this has to be an XP issue.
No sense in a re-install of XP if all I am going to do is install Windows 7 here shortly on the new rig.
Reply #18 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:32 AM
You may install 7 now. Or,
PM Yrag, if you dare......
Reply #19 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:42 AM
PM Yrag? No thanks. I am convinced that the guy doesn't like talking to me. 
On the other hand I bet he would know how to fix this.
Reply #20 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:43 AM
That's just Yrag's manner, he does it to everyone. 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:12 AM
it is most likely the sata controller's driver that needs to be re-installed/updated, at least that is what I would try first
harpo