Ultimate Predator Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 For some unknown reason, my CD/DVD player on my PC won't play anything. Not a thing. None of my DVD/CD playing programs pick up anything, except if I put a disc in, under My Computer it just says CR Rom or DVD Rom, but I can't explore anything says there is nothing there. Nothing works. I've tried updating the driver, says there isn't anything better then what I've got, troubleshoot hasn't helped me, can't roll back (no older drivers), nothing. I was thinking of unplugging it and re-pluggin it, but I'm not sure? Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 24, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 24, 2005 Are you perhaps missing the information in the registry, it would be located at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet and/or perhaps here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003 I had a problem on my previous XP install (luckily on the floppy drive disappeared) due to something removing what was listed in CurrentControlSet, ControlSet001, and ControlSet003, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 What should I be looking for exactly? Do you have these registry keys that you can send to me for me to add to my system? O Or do you think umplugging the drive, switching on my PC, switching off my PC, and then re-plug the drive back in to my PC...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 24, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 24, 2005 Search for cd, cdrom, dvd when you have the CurrentControlSet selected, actually all system drives should be located in them. Another possibility, albeit I've never tried it and don't gaurantee any results whatsoever: 1. Look for "cdrom.inf" in C:\Windows\Inf 2. Now rather right clicking and selecting install would fix your problem I have no ideal. If you do fix it I'd recommend exporting all areas listed below for backup purposes (zip them they'll be rather large .reg files), it's just in case devices are removed from the registry that shouldn't be: * HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001 * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003 * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices * ... and anything else listed in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" that has ControlSet in the name, such as ControlSet002, ControlSet004, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 Will give it a go, thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 Right, I've found cdrom.PNF, and no option to install when right-clicked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 25, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2005 Note cdrom.pnf it's cdrom.inf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 Found it, installed it, but no help unfortuantly. Do you think umplugging the drive, switching on my PC, switching off my PC, and then re-plug the drive back in to my PC will work? Also my foppy drive is acting up, says al the floppys I put in there are unformatted, when they are.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Sony Rootkit is well-known for making the CD/DVD not work on Windows. You sure you never had that? You sure the CD lense is clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 I'll check about the rootkit, but its clean.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 25, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2005 I don't really know for sure how to fix it. One of the reasons along with some other annoying problems is why I formatted and reinstalled everything a couple of months ago when my floppy drive completely disappeared and nothing I did could make it appear again on that old install of XP. The problem you're having may need a computer technician such as DjLizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 Hmm. I think I'll re-plug, Eldmannen I found 3 registry entries eneding with sony rootkit, what do you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted December 25, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2005 Do you have MS antispy installed? If you dont install it and it will remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 I have it, and I have already scanned iwht it in safe mode... Maybe its some left over parts, I'll delete them manually, I found them via regseeker.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted December 25, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2005 Make back ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 Of sony rootkit? RegSeeker does that automatically... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 25, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2005 1. Download and save the file customblocking.txt (it's attached to this post) into the SpywareBlaster installed folder. 2. Launch SpywareBlaster. 3. Click Tools > Custom Blocking. 4. Select Sony DRM Rootkit. 5. Click Protect Against Checked Items. Now SpywareBlaster "will/should" automatically block it. The credits for this info go to whomever posted them in the now deleted thread about the Sony BMG Rootkit, I don't remember who posted it. Download SpywareBlaster customblocking.txt: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 26, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2005 While trying to figure out a way to automate cd-rw erasing for usage with my backup batch file I found this: cdgone.zip from http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php. It's under the heading “My CD drives have vanished (from Explorer, Device Manager, etc.)” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Thanks, could you give me a link to spyware blaster, and thats real-time protection isn't it? I'm not sure whether I want that, I only want to use on-demand anti-spyware scanners now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 And I'm checking that cdgone.zip patch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Tried out the cdgone reg patch, didn't really do anything, it just made my AnDVD report on reboot that the DVD drives weren't connected or something. Tel me more about spyblaster please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 26, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2005 SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html It isn't real-time protection at all. Make sure you update it first! You just apply the protection and then exit it, it doesn't stay running. On the first screen that loads click "Enable All Protection", what it does can be viewed at the link listed above which happens to be its homepage. When you first run it you should do the following: * Update it. * Click System Snapshot, and then select Create new System Snapshot. * Click Tools > Hosts Safe, and then click Create New Backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 26, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2005 SpywareBlaster won't fix your CD/DVD drives, it "may" however block the Sony DRM Rootkit using the info posted here. Edit: I meant: Once the Sony DRM Rootkit is removed, it "may" block future installations of it -- that is if Sony doesn't change its DRM Rootkit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 I see what you mean, like the immunize in Spybot? EDIT: Done that, cheers, I always thought it was real-time protection but it isn't thats cool. Now, what would happen though if I unplugged the drive and replugged it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 26, 2005 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2005 Now, what would happen though if I unplugged the drive and replugged it back? 25204[/snapback] I don't know, I suppose you'd also have to start Windows without the drive plugged in, then shutdown Windows plug the drive back in, and then start Windows with it plugged in. Although I doubt that would really fix it since I'm assuming the drive info/configuration is probably either missing in the registry, or if WinXP uses anything like Win98 the info is missing from a hardware configuration file stored on the hard disk. Use at your own risk: I remembered that JV16 PowerTools (commercial software, not freeware) had a hardware reset feature built into it, I'm not sure if other programs have this ability. BUT it details Windows having to reinstall ALL hardware. I remember trying it on my Win98 system just before I was about to format and I noticed the big mess it made, luckily I was minutes away from doing a format anyways so it really didn't matter. Edit: Check the BIOS settings and make sure the drive is enabled in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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