I have Drive E and Drive F both DVD/CD. One Sony and one Samsung. I have attached a file to this post to show you what is going on. VSO Inspector Report Version: 1.3.1.82 Created: 8/7/2007 11:34 PM =============================================== Device: [0:0:0 - SONY DVD RW DRU-700A CG5M [E] (Ide)] General --------------------------------------- Vendor ...........: SONY Model ............: DVD RW DRU-700A Drive Letter .....: E: Revision .........: CG5M Date .............: 2005/11/25 13:31 Buffer Size ......: 2048 KB DVD Features ---------------------------------- Region Code ......: 1 Region Control ...: RPC II User Changes Left : 4 Vendor Resets Left: 4 Read Features --------------------------------- [X] CD-R [X] CD-RW [ ] HD-BURN [X] DVD-ROM [X] DVD-R [X] DVD-RW [X] DVD+R [X] DVD+RW [ ] DVD-RAM [X] Multisession [X] Video CD [ ] BD-ROM [ ] HD DVD-ROM [ ] Hybrid Write Features -------------------------------- [X] CD-R [X] CD-RW [ ] HD-BURN [X] DVD-R [X] DVD-RW [ ] DVD-RAM [X] DVD+R [X] DVD+RW [X] DVD+R DL [ ] DVD-R DL [ ] BD-R [ ] BD-RE [ ] HD DVD-R [ ] HD DVD-RW [ ] HD DVD-RAM [ ] HD DVD-R DL [ ] HD DVD-RW DL [X] Buffer Underrun Protection Media ========================================= Physical Information -------------------------- Media Type .......: N/A Media ID .........: N/A Speeds ...........: N/A Capacity .........: N/A Sectors ..........: N/A Layers ...........: N/A Content --------------------------------------- Type .............: N/A Label ............: N/A Date .............: N/A Publisher ........: N/A Application ......: N/A Tracks ...........: N/A Sessions .........: N/A Regions ..........: N/A System ======================================== Upper Filters --------------------------------- Name .............: GEARAspiWDM Description ......: CD/DVD Class Filter Driver Company ..........: GEAR Software Inc. Lower Filters --------------------------------- Name .............: ElbyDelay Description ......: Elby Delay Lower Filter Driver Company ..........: Elaborate Bytes AG Name .............: AnyDVD Description ......: AnyDVD Filter Driver Company ..........: SlySoft, Inc. Name .............: ElbyCDFL Description ......: ElbyCDIO Filter Driver Company ..........: SlySoft, Inc. THIS IS FOR DRIVE E =============================================== VSO Inspector Report Version: 1.3.1.82 Created: 8/7/2007 11:33 PM =============================================== Device: [0:1:0 - SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A B401 [F] (Ide)] General --------------------------------------- Vendor ...........: SAMSUNG Model ............: CD-ROM SC-148A Drive Letter .....: F: Revision .........: B401 Date .............: Buffer Size ......: 128 KB DVD Features ---------------------------------- Region Code ......: N/A Region Control ...: N/A User Changes Left : N/A Vendor Resets Left: N/A Read Features --------------------------------- [X] CD-R [X] CD-RW [ ] HD-BURN [ ] DVD-ROM [ ] DVD-R [ ] DVD-RW [ ] DVD+R [ ] DVD+RW [ ] DVD-RAM [X] Multisession [X] Video CD [ ] BD-ROM [ ] HD DVD-ROM [ ] Hybrid Write Features -------------------------------- [ ] CD-R [ ] CD-RW [ ] HD-BURN [ ] DVD-R [ ] DVD-RW [ ] DVD-RAM [ ] DVD+R [ ] DVD+RW [ ] DVD+R DL [ ] DVD-R DL [ ] BD-R [ ] BD-RE [ ] HD DVD-R [ ] HD DVD-RW [ ] HD DVD-RAM [ ] HD DVD-R DL [ ] HD DVD-RW DL [ ] Buffer Underrun Protection Media ========================================= Physical Information -------------------------- Media Type .......: N/A Media ID .........: N/A Speeds ...........: N/A Capacity .........: N/A Sectors ..........: N/A Layers ...........: N/A Content --------------------------------------- Type .............: N/A Label ............: N/A Date .............: N/A Publisher ........: N/A Application ......: N/A Tracks ...........: N/A Sessions .........: N/A Regions ..........: N/A System ======================================== Upper Filters --------------------------------- Name .............: GEARAspiWDM Description ......: CD/DVD Class Filter Driver Company ..........: GEAR Software Inc. Lower Filters --------------------------------- Name .............: ElbyDelay Description ......: Elby Delay Lower Filter Driver Company ..........: Elaborate Bytes AG Name .............: AnyDVD Description ......: AnyDVD Filter Driver Company ..........: SlySoft, Inc. Name .............: ElbyCDFL Description ......: ElbyCDIO Filter Driver Company ..........: SlySoft, Inc. Drive E: has Distribution CVD for Turbo-Tax.. Drive does not see the CD. drive F: Has AnyDVD Software. and Drive can see the DVD What are the upper and lower filters? Do I need to delete any software to fix the problem? Also re-stalling the drives has not fixed the problem. Drivers corrupt? Drives gone bad?
Hi ;-) A filter is a computer program to process a data stream. In Windows this is usually a quite simple affair. They are there to enhance s/w operations. But sometimes can conflict with other programs. How to delete filters. http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314060&x=12&y=13 Also might find this useful. http://www.bustrace.com/products/devfilter.htm
