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DVD drives show up as CD drives when DVD discs are in them.

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by ontheropes

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I have two DVD drives an NEC DVD+/-RW ND3530A and an HP DVD Writer 640c.

Both drives appear as DVD drives in Windows Explorer until you put a DVD disc in them when they turn into/show up as CD-ROM drives.

I've "uninstalled" them using Device Manager, scanned for hardware changes and ?reinstalled? them but they still appear as CD-ROM drives though both drives have DVD-R discs in them.

How do I regain the full function of the DVD drives?

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by ontheropes

No resolution yet. Using Nero 7 I can burn data DVD's but I can't use Windows Explorer to do it. Belarc Advisor shows both DVD drives as CD-ROM drives.

by rob miners

XP does not support burning DVD's through explorer. You will have to use third party software to burn DVD's. It sounds like you are doing that anyway. It does support burning CD's.

May help you.

by rob miners

SP3 dosn't include DVD burning either. They should have included it.

by hailet

I went searching on the net for this exact problem and you answered it. Everything is great now. I know you posted this over a year ago but I had to give thanks where it was due.
Thanks Again

by rob miners

not really it has a few bugs. I must admit I really expected a lot more. There hasn't been any updates for ages.

by junk83501

Hello All
This link may help. I know it is an old link but windowshas never fixed it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

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