KJY9 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 A friend has Vista RTM dual booting with Win XP.His DVD/RW drive is a Samsung TS-H552D In WinXP his DVD/RW works fine. Burning and reading.In Vista when he inserts ANY disk, ie: Software DVD or CD, Music CD, Blank CD, Blank DVD, DVD Movie, or any type of media AT ALL the drive spins up, then down and it does nothing.If you go to the drive through My Computer and double click the drive, with any of the above mentioned media you get the following error message:"Burn a Disc.Prepare this blank DiscDisc Title: "open box for title"Anyone have any ideas?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Thise aren't error messages, its asking you what you want to do because either it doesn't recognize the inserted media or it doesn't recognize the full capabilities of the drive (or really the drive its self even tho it shows up. have you tried updating the firmware on the drive? A friend has Vista RTM dual booting with Win XP.His DVD/RW drive is a Samsung TS-H552D In WinXP his DVD/RW works fine. Burning and reading.In Vista when he inserts ANY disk, ie: Software DVD or CD, Music CD, Blank CD, Blank DVD, DVD Movie, or any type of media AT ALL the drive spins up, then down and it does nothing.If you go to the drive through My Computer and double click the drive, with any of the above mentioned media you get the following error message:"Burn a Disc.Prepare this blank DiscDisc Title: "open box for title"Anyone have any ideas?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpiosoft Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I don't know the answer but maybe you can post your question overhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJY9 Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share Posted December 30, 2006 Thise aren't error messages, its asking you what you want to do because either it doesn't recognize the inserted media or it doesn't recognize the full capabilities of the drive (or really the drive its self even tho it shows up. have you tried updating the firmware on the drive? A friend has Vista RTM dual booting with Win XP.His DVD/RW drive is a Samsung TS-H552D In WinXP his DVD/RW works fine. Burning and reading.In Vista when he inserts ANY disk, ie: Software DVD or CD, Music CD, Blank CD, Blank DVD, DVD Movie, or any type of media AT ALL the drive spins up, then down and it does nothing.If you go to the drive through My Computer and double click the drive, with any of the above mentioned media you get the following error message:"Burn a Disc.Prepare this blank DiscDisc Title: "open box for title"Anyone have any ideas?thanksI understand why it's giving the message, and if it's not the correct message, it's an error.Yes, I've tried the firmware on Samsung's site. D/L the firmware for the drive listed, opened the flashing utility, loaded the firmware, and get the message that it's not the correct drive. I'm certain that the firmware I D/L was for the same drive, so I'm stuck. I've already told him to purchase another DVD/RW, as cheap as they are, it'll be the easiest way to fix it. I thought it might be a quirk that someone had a fix to.Apparently not. thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getmewarez Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I'm having the exact same problem on Vista RTM, but with a Benq 1650 drive. Verrrrry annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightdrive Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I can confirm this is problem with Vista.I have an Optiarc drive. There are no firmware updates.Windows Media player plays the DVD-video fine.Every other way to access the file (Explorer, third party explorers, standard file dialogs) results in "prepare this blank disk" message.The fact media player recognises the disc indicates it's Vista, not the drive which is at fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceyJDP Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I also have this problem with a Lite-on SOHC-4832K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoebeltje Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 many people with plextor drives have similar problems, even after they put the latest firmware on.there is a kb article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us (don't know yet if that works),other suggestions are to remove the device from the device manager and have it detected again at the next reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Ohh...! U are also getting this.I have the same problem and I m using LG DVD burner, its model is HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM GSA-H12Nany solution regarding the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceyJDP Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I also have this problem with a Lite-on SOHC-4832Kmany people with plextor drives have similar problems, even after they put the latest firmware on.there is a kb article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us (don't know yet if that works),other suggestions are to remove the device from the device manager and have it detected again at the next rebootI tried that fix and i did not have either of the things in the registry that needed to be deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexemis Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I have the same problem with my LG 16x DVD burner (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B ATA)I contacted LG, they said it will only be compatible if/when microsoft releases drivers for it. They will not be making firmware for it as the problem is on MS side. Their suggestion: Buy one of their new burners :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstoff Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have the same problem with an NEC ND-3550A. I tried the MS fix by editing the reg, re-booted, and still same problem................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bola Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) Same problem with the NEC ND-6650A (firmware 1.23). Updating the firmware to 1.5A RPC1 didn't fix it.A temporary solution : use the Nero Burning ROM's file browser to run or copy files from the DVD drive. Edited February 27, 2007 by bola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCVISTAEXPERT Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Ok everyone i do have a solution to the problem with windows vista not reading or burning or ever doing anything except for freezing when inserting a disk these are my stats so we can be clearim running dual core 48k plus 2.4 ghz dual cpu with a 200 dollar msi board with all kinds of crazy s*** ati radeon x1300 pro 512 mb vid mem hp 18x dvd lightsribe and all sotrs of all other techs*** including a super rocket 2 cpu cooling unit for those of you who overclock this is the best cooler to use but definitely for overclocking up to 500 mhz plus tested myself Im running windows vista x64 ultimate rtmeverytime i installed vista off the hard drive which im sure most of you miight haveso you could partition either a dual boot or something else. THAT RIGHT THERE LADIES AND GENTLEMENTIS THE CAUSE OF THE DVD/CD ROM DRIVE FAILURE DO NOT INSTALL WITHIN ANOTHER WINDOWS OSBOOT OFF THE CD AND CHOOSE A PARTITION THAT DOESNT CONFLICT WITH VISTA IS IT ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVETHAT YOU BOOT OFF THE CD. Otherwise windows doesnt recognice this drive correctly and notthing will make it worktook me 10 days to figure this out so i hopw it helps all of you for those of you who use aim my sn is xz jcspaz 04 there alsoother solutions i just cant type up but this is the main reason. do not instlall vista off your hard drive or evenvista not reading disks or anything else burning pics etc solution posted by me feb 24 within windows withthe hard drive or even the cd rom just strickly boot of the install disk and install then i guarantee atleast most you shall have no problems at this point anything elese i know the os inside out how to tweak it and how to disable the things u dont need to get max performance. -Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bola Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) I found out how to reproduce the problem on my dual-boot (XP-Vista) laptop.After installing and running Vista, if I reboot to XP and then to Vista again, the CD/DVD drive does not work anymore (Windows Explorer fails to read/display CD/DVD content). However, if I reboot from Vista to Vista again, the problem seems to be gone. Note that I installed Vista from booting the CD, on an empty partition, and that the CD/DVD reading problem was not there in the beginning. It only came after a few days, after I ran XP again! Edited February 27, 2007 by bola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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