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[blue27]

Computer is an HP.
Drives are HP and Sony.

HP drive is a CDr. Sony drive is a DVDr.

Both drives are showing in My Computer.

If I insert a cd or dvd in either drive, blank or full, it isn't recognized BUT I can open the cd using ISO Buster.

Any ideas?

[Rob83]

try clean them out w/ a can of compressed air.

[rockergrrl]

Have you tried updating the firmware for the drives?

I know when I bought my dvd writer I had to update my firmware, before I could do anything with it.

[blue27]

All drivers and firmware have been updated.
They are both clean. New in December.
It isn't a hardware issue because I can read disks on both of these drives using ISO Buster. It's just windows that doesn't recognize disks.

[cookie]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rockergrrl
[B]Have you tried updating the firmware for the drives?


I have the same setup. I had to update the firmware, before it would work with XP professional.

[varg]

Maybe you need to update your motherboard's firmware?

[Rob83]

I would assume that both drivers are on the same IDE Cable. In which case, the IDE Cable may be bad. I'm not too sure if it's a Windows problem...

[blue27]

Nope. Different cables. They were both working and they stopped.
Virus check was ok. Spyware check was ok.

[varg]

Is it just the two discs that don't work? Do you have another computer you can try them on? Have you updated Windows lately? I would try unplugging one of the drives from the motherboard and putting the disc in the one that's plugged in (just to make sure).