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CD rom prob.
Name: Comp-freak Date: June 6, 2008 at 11:52:05 Pacific OS: Win Xp CPU/Ram: 1500mb Product: lenovo y500
Comment:
i hav a lenovo laptop and when i bought it the cd rom was working fine.After 2-3 months it started reading only DVD's and audio cd's but it did not read recorded cd's and data cds...i reinstalled the cd-dvd drive after uninstalling it..I tried the lens cleaner but no help there.Whenever i insert a cd in it ,it shows the cd as a blank disc even though it has data in it...thus i cannot see any contents when i double click the drive.Please help.
If you are comfortable editing the registry: Create a Restore point and back up the registry.Open regedit. Look for;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\CurrentControlSet\SetControlClass. Key name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Value Data:[Delete all value data from upper and lower filters] Note-Do not delete the key or the multi-string values. Delete only the data values. The keys may be in more than 1 place. You will have to search for them.
Exit regedit and reboot.
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: June 6, 2008 at 16:00:04 Pacific
Reply:
If none of the above suggestions help then the laser used for the CDs is probably going bad. Prerecorded CDs are different than CDR. That would explain why the drive will read prerecorded but not home made.
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Response Number 4
Name: Comp-freak Date: June 7, 2008 at 04:51:59 Pacific
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i have actually tried everything even the registry and Dan it did read the same cd's before ... and per after i go to current control set theres nothin like setcontrolclass ..ne suggestions?? .... thx fr replying Dan,per n othehill :)
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