DVD r/rw recognizes as CD drive

[barham92078]

Hello,

My DVD drive suddenly changes into a CD drive as it appears in "my computer." It used to be shown as a DVD drive. How did it change and how can I change it back?

I can't play or burn DVD (data).

Please help! Thanks

 

[HermDogg]

Nuke your current and reinstall the latest drivers.

 

[boshuter]

My DVD burner shows as a cdrom.... doesn't affect anything though. It still reads and burns as it should. If you just want it to show as a dvd-r, or whatever, take a look at this thread Link

 

[barham92078]

Originally posted by: boshuter
My DVD burner shows as a cdrom.... doesn't affect anything though. It still reads and burns as it should. If you just want it to show as a dvd-r, or whatever, take a look at this thread </blockquote>]http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=34&amp;threadid=1315385">Link

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Thanks for your post and link. The icon shown for the DVD drive is correct. It's just the "type" of device that shows "CD drive" instead of, I guess, "DVD drive."

And because of that I'm wondering if it doesn't cause some of the softwares I've (Easy CD creator and Pinnacle Studio 8) to not recognize the DVD burner... I can't burn.

 

[barham92078]

I read an article that says that Windows XP recognizes natively the DVD as a DVD-ROM Drive under the "type" column in "my computer"

What if it doesn't show DVD-ROM Drive but CD Drive? How can I change that?

Anyone can help?