{"id":2358,"date":"2012-09-14T16:51:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T21:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2012-09-16T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T15:52:26","slug":"what-no-cddvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"What? No CD\/DVD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am playing in my Win8 sandbox<\/strong> to create this post. That is the name I gave my computer when I loaded Windows 8 on it a just over a month ago. Gee, it sure seems a lot longer than that. Hmm… I don’t know if that is a good sign or a bad one. Here is the First Look<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The OS seems to be running flawlessly except for one hardware problem<\/span>. The OS doesn’t recognize my DVD\/CD drive. The computer boot ROM setup (Alt-F1,etc.) before the OS gets started shows the drive in the list. I used the drive (Drive D:) to load Windows 8 so it was working in the install process.<\/p>\n

I am thinking\u00a0it was working for awhile after the install at but I won’t place a bet on that. (I would have lost.)<\/p>\n

I did a refresh with the original Win8 CD I created and the computer read the disk in the drive on start-up and booted into the \u201cInstall Program\u201d screen, no problem. I selected Refresh System<\/span> as it promised not to erase my files. The files are fine but it erased all my non Windows apps! Bad choice<\/strong> but not deadly as all my apps on this machine are free. I did have to go find and reload them from the Internet.<\/p>\n

The disappointment was it didn’t fix my DVD\/CD problem. Win8 still didn’t know I have a DVD\/CD drive. Why does it work as a boot drive but not in Win8. Seems to be an Operating System problem to me. This is a Beta version of Win8 after-all.<\/p>\n

I did a search on the Internet. Hey! This IS a regular Win8 problem! Here is the official fix from MS<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 modern UI and press cltr+shift+enter<\/p>\n

2. Type following and say enter<\/p>\n

reg.exe add “HKLM\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\atapi\\Controller0” \/f \/v EnumDevice1 \/t REG_DWORD \/d 0x00000001<\/p>\n

3. Reboot the system<\/p>\n

Sure, this is wonderful. Install doesn’t set up an Administrator Account<\/em> so now MS assumes I know how to do that (I do.). What the heck is a \u201cWindows 8 modern UI\u201d? Hmm… add\u00a0three finger line feed ctl+shift+enter. Type that mess, no \u2013 better to copy paste, then what, \u201cSAY\u201d enter? Ah – I don’t have voice command installed. Yeah, I know how to reboot.<\/p>\n

Actually this is a simple register edit. Bring up the CMD window as administrator, enter code, re-boot. It could be fixed with regedit too.<\/p>\n

Yes, this fixed the problem. I would think MS would have this fixed already on a post new install update. Go figure. Well yeah, remember Dan, it’s a Win8 Beta. Got to leave in some faults. I understand.<\/p>\n

This drive has always been a worry as I bought the cheapest (~$15.00) when I built the computer a few years ago. This was because I seldom use the CD drive except for new software. A lot of software is now downloaded from the Internet. The cheap drive always had a noise and vibration problem. Kind of a buzz sound that seems to me to be a balance issue. In any case a failure wasn’t unexpected. So my first thought was a bad drive.<\/p>\n

Now that it is not a bad drive I plan to replace it anyway. I’ll splurge on a $25.00 drive and not suspect it is a hardware problem next time.<\/p>\n

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