Windows 7 DVD-RW Drive problems.

[sdavis117]

I recently tried to upgrade to W7. The OS installed just fine (I think), but everytime I tried to open a CD or DVD, W7 would freeze on me, and the CD would not open. This annoyed me enough to convince me to downgrade (I couldn't seek help when I had W7 because my network is wireless and I was unable to install the software for my wireless adapter due to obvious reasons) back to XP. The issue was pushed back to the far reaches of my mind. I now want to upgrade back to W7, but I want to know how to resolve this issue first.

I tried upgrading back right after the W7 beta went public. My drive is a Sony DVD±RW/±R/RAM DRU-120C. I was not able to find drivers on the Sony website (or any acknowledgment of it's existance for that matter).

[Limited]

To my recollection, Windows 7 is still in testing/beta stage.

Therefore problems are bound to occur. I suggest you do a bit of research about the issues, because when using a beta piece of software, you should realise there will be complications and long work arounds.

[Phopojijo]

Yeah I think he realizes that. He would still like help with it.

Regardless, for the Wireless Adapter problem... stick the drivers on a USB key... if you don't have one... a 1GB stick is ~4$ these days. We had a 3x4GB combo pack for 15$ Cdn at work a while ago.

[StankBacon]

put the drivers on a usb drive?

-edit- damn you phopojijo

[sdavis117]

Tried the USB drive thing (I had stuck them on a USB drive previously to get them on a Laptop with a busted CD drive, even though the laptop has since died for good). It would go half-way through the install and just freeze.

Linksys Wireless N routers. I think the problem there stems from W7 too, because it installed just fine on the laptop.

[Cojafoji]

CD/DVD drives usually don't come with drivers, and you're probably getting this as a result of a registry error. Most of the time, I would suggest flashing the firmware, and getting the hardware up to date, but something tells me that that is not the problem. Uninstalling the drive, and then in most NT based registry's, deleting the upper and lower registry keys for the drive would allow you to gain access again. I'm not sure if this holds true in the W7 registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Look, I'm pretty drunk, and I think this is what you're looking for. Once you install W7, try this tweak, and see what happens.