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LukeS
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28th Sep 09 at 19:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Bought a new laptop recently and it came with some lightscribe dvd-rw drive. Iv used it to rip a few a cd's onto my pc. I came to try and burn a cd yesterday and my computer wont recognise the disk drive and says it isnt there.

Can anybody shed anylight before i ring up PC World about it.

Thanks, Luke x
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has it come loose? try pushing it in a bit. also does it show in bios?
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28th Sep 09 at 20:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No it's not loose at all. Bios?
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quote:
Originally posted by LukeS
No it's not loose at all. Bios?

Basic Input/Output System
Press f2 or Del during setup, Right at the start of boot.

[Edited on 28-09-2009 by oceansoul]
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is there anyway of checking this without having to restart?
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Is it saying it's not there or is it saying you haven't inserted a disc when actually you have?

If it's the latter, I have that problem with the Lightscribe drive in my HP laptop and can tell you how to fix it.
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It says there isn't a drive there. This is a Hp Compaq laptop if that helps.
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Does it show up in Device Manager?

(go to http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/f/opendmvista.htm if you're not sure where Device Manager is)
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It comes with a yellow question mark like so.



[Edited on 29-09-2009 by LukeS]
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Click on Uninstall, then after you've followed the prompts right click on where it says "LUKE-PC" and then click on "Scan for hardware changes", has it managed to reinstall it?
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No it failed, it is the same with the yellow arrow, shall i try updating it?
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What does the error say if you go into the Properties?
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Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)

Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available.
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Follow the instructions in this link:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/board/message?board.id=Hardware&message.id=2344#M2344

I had the exact error as you (HP laptop, different DVD writer) and when I did what it said in that link it fixed it for me.
LukeS
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Thanks ill give it a go now.
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BTW I didn't uninstall my CD writing software I just did the registry changes.
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Well it says i need to delte my lowerfilters register entry and it isnt showing up so it told me to "
If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content is unable to help you any more. Go to the "Next Steps" section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site."
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ive done every other step though.
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Yeah I think in my case I only had the 'upper filters'. Reboot and give it a whirl?
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okay ill reboot now.
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Good luck!
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It works!
Thanks mate you saved me paying PC World to fix it.
xx
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LOL no worries!
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You mean paying PC World to look at it, do nothing and somehow make it worse

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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
You mean paying PC World to look at it, do nothing and somehow make it worse


Well yeah and then to look through all my files.

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