Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 11.2.2026 / 21:42
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > problem recognizing new cd
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
problem recognizing new cd
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
sakka44
Junior Member
_ 		26. March 2006 @ 22:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Heres my problem: Whenever I put a cd into my cd drive it recognizes the cd fine. But when I put a new cd into the drive, it still displays the old cd icon. This stops the computer from performing the autorun function for the new cd. Because of this, i have to right click on the icon and click on the "setup" icon instead. Does anybody know how I can fix this?
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
tocool4u
Suspended permanently
_ 		28. March 2006 @ 20:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It could be the response time...With the drive sending information to your computer but i don't know....I also wonder if it could be your CPU?
[ + quote]
BigDK
Senior Member

3 product reviews
_ 		29. March 2006 @ 06:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Chances are it wont be the CPU, if it was you would be looking at very high utlization and then programs would not run or would take forever, but you say they work fine from the setup icon.
The disk is okay, the PC can read it, it is just explorer that does not update correctly.
Have you recently added new or updated programs that may be using and hogging the explorer shell?
If so, then try to uninstall/rollback the last programs since it started.
You could also try running something like enditall2 to close programs down, or using msconfig from run command.
Then try DVD-ROM driver updates/re-install and windows system file checks/cleanups.



[ + quote]
sakka44
Junior Member
_ 		29. March 2006 @ 20:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I actually just reformatted my computer. Do you think that this could mean a problem with the cd/dvd drive or could it be something else?
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
BigDK
Senior Member

3 product reviews
_ 		29. March 2006 @ 21:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If it worked before, then chances are theres nothing wrong with it, but it's worth getting the latest drivers for it, and maybe look at what firmware it's running.
If there are updates, then there is reason for upgrading.
It may also be the way you loaded the software when you rebuilt the system.
make sure you always reboot when asked, some people get lazy and carry on loading software, this potentially has problems by causing data in the ram to get overwritten and not stored correctly.
Also it's best to avoid any firewall/anti-virus running when loading apps.
The best guide I have seen to load and then tweak xp is here:
http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html
There is a lot of stuff to look at, but is worth the effort, as when loaded correctly the operating system is far more stable and performance can be increased.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > pc hardware > other pc hardware > problem recognizing new cd
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2026 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork