Here is my situation.... had nero installed on my computer and proceeded to install alc. 120%... after installing alc. my cd rom disapeered and now only says dvd-rw. when i put cds in to burn it does not recognize them at all...it still plays cds fine but burning has been lost... none of my programs will burn because they think i dont have a cd-rw... alc. has been uninstalled along with a system restore...help please....
that is a wierd one, what make is the cd-rw drive, try going on the manufactorers website nad downloading the firmware that worked for me once.
You could try the following, from a post I saw in a forum outside of Afterdawn. It is actually pretty easy, but back up your registry before you do it: It is a Windows thing, losing drives when installing/un-installing burning software… If the drives are still listed in the Device Manager, delete them then carefully follow this fix: "Upper/Lower Filters: a. Click on Start --> Run --> and type in 'regedit' followed by the enter key b. Expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" key (looks like a folder) by double clicking it (or clicking the "+" next to it.) c. Expand the "SYSTEM" Key d. Expand the "CurrentControlSet" Key e. Expand the "Control" Key f. Expand the "Class" Key g. Look for a key containing the following string of letter and numbers: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} h. Highlight this key by left clicking once on it i. On the right hand side you are looking for "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" under the "Name" column, once you find these delete them by right clicking on them and choosing "delete" j. Exit the registry by clicking on the "X" in the top right hand corner of the screen Reboot your computer"
