Vista wants to format all my non blank cds

[lordbob75]

No. What you should do is try a locate the problem. Go back into MSConfig and reenable the previous boot settings. Then go into startup and try and find something that may have caused the problem. Start disabling things one at a time (or in small groups) and restart. See if the problem still occurs. If you can find where the problem is, then you can disable and uninstall the problem.

~Lordbob

P.S. This might take a long time, but it should be worth it.

 

[lyonspaw]

Lordbob,

Well I ended up disabling all the startup programs with no luck and moved on to system services. I finally tracked it down to two service that only when both were disabled did the CD drive return to functionality.

Roxio HD watcher and Macrium Reflect.

I have uninstalled both of these programs and returned the system to normal operation. All is fine now.

Thanks.

 

[patio]

If Macrium did this it was probably because you had an image file that was open...similar to having a virtual drive mounted and because it was not closed it was hanging the drive.
I'm not familiar with that Roxio component so it could have been that also.

 

[lyonspaw]

Yeah, I checked to see if that was a problem, but there was no image file open. I disabled each one seperately and the problem still persisted. It only went away when both of them were disabled. It doesn't make much sense, especially when I could drop to a command prompt and access the CD without any problems. I was only accessing the CD via Explorer.

 

[patio]

If an image file was not open then Roxio is the culprit here...

Give CDBurnerXPro a whirl...you may like it.
Did i mention it's FREE ? ?

 

[lyonspaw]

That is logical, however, I had to disable both in order for it to work. And when I need a burner I am certainly going to look for something other than Roxio.

 

[patio]

Best of Luck...

 

[lordbob75]

I have Nero, but I don't use it all that much. You can get that with a new drive.

Glad you got the problem solved. They could have been conflicting somewhere in the registry or something. Doesn't matter anyways.

~Lordbob

 

[jonrichco]

If you get a "prepare this blank disc" message:

Try uninstalling Roxio . Make sure everything is deleted. Search the computer and registry. Maybe uninstall the CD drive and reinstall, reboot, then it may work. Mine did! :D I then installed ImgBurn which does a fine job of copying CDs.

All other options (eg, relating to upper and lower filters) failed in my case. I think the problem started with Vista Business SP1 install. Good luck.