DVD drives not reading properly

[doveman]

I've had this problem ever since I started using Windows 7, on two different PCs, with two or three different brands of DVD drive. The drives work fine in XP on the same PC, but in Windows 7 when I try and access a disc it chugs away like crazy and takes forever to even show the root contents and then takes even longer to show the icons for the files and I have to eject the disc to unfreeze it.

When I tried to fix this problem last April I checked the filter drivers, uninstalled Daemon Tools and SPTD, installed Virtualbox in Windows 7 and made an XP Vbox which could access the drives just fine, installed a fresh copy of Win7 into a VHD which also had no problems accessing the drives, uninstalled Avira Antivir, disabled Windows CD Burning, disabled Windows Seach, run the MS Fixit and I dare say a few other things that I've forgotten about. I never thought that the trickiest problem I'd have with Windows 7 would be getting my DVD drives to work, so if anyone can help me get this sorted out I'd be a very happy man.

[Tripredacus]

Update chipset drivers for your motherboard to start.

I've seen this before but I usually just wait. I know that removable drives aren't indexed. I can imagine this is a pain when doing a lot of disc insertions, but my use of ODs have dropped greatly since starting to use UFDs.

[doveman]

I'm not sure there are any chipset drivers to install, other than the ones which get installed with Catalyst (12.3). It's a Gigabyte MA780G-UD3H http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3004#ov but in the past I've had the same problem with other AMD-based boards, so the problem's not specific to this board.

I switched it to AHCI mode from Native IDE yesterday, which I've been doing with all my boards lately, but that didn't help with this problem at all.

I didn't think removable drives would be indexed but I'd already disabled Windows Search anyway. Certainly just waiting isn't an option, as I'd would probably take me about a day to read or burn a disc!