Driver update for Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190A

[Vince Cravotta]

I registered with Windows BBS but I could not find the post you mentioned. I read until my eyes started to water. Could you help with the proper search question?
Would you suggest my un-installing Pinnacle through the Control Panel to test if MTU burner works without it?

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by Vince Cravotta

I registered with Windows BBS but I could not find the post you mentioned. I read until my eyes started to water. Could you help with the proper search question?
Would you suggest my un-installing Pinnacle through the Control Panel to test if MTU burner works without it?

reprinted from the thread:

Before you do anything be sure to backup up the registry ....

Start > Run > type in Regedit > OK

When Regedit opens scroll to the top if necessary and highlight My Computer

Then go File > Export and in the Export Registry Dialogue box type a name for the backup and select a location - the default of My Documents is fine and be sure that the All button is checked.

Then proceed to the fix

uninstall the vob drive and vob instantdrive controller (in scsi and raid controllers) in device manager

then click start, run, type regedit, hit the f3 key, type vobid (short for VOB InstantDrive), click find next, delete the key, hit f3 again and again and remove all instances of vobid that you can delete until you done

P.s. it won't let you delete some keys, but when you are done, instantdrive is history

make sure you backup your data before ever messing with the registry

I know this seems like a daunting task in the beginning, but you can do it. Nero now has a tool to accomplish this for their software, but the others have not followed suit. It is not the entire Pinnacle suite that is the issue. They have a really top notch editing program. The only problem is with the virtual drive that takes over the burner.

[marklwood]

For future reference:

Whenever I install new software, most will give you an option for a "custom" install. I always take that option. I will only install what is absolutely necessary for the program to run. This is usually accomplished by un-checking everything that can be un-checked. The core program usually will be grayed out and will not allow you to un-check. Then, if I feel like I need some other feature that is in the program, I can always go back and install that part later. It saves CPU, memory, and hard drive space. It is also a lot easier to clean up later if you decide you don't like the program.

I really miss the DOS days. Back then, all you had to do was delete the program's directory and BINGO, no more program.

[Vince Cravotta]

I uninstalled the vob and vob instant drive controller.
I hit the f3 key and it worked quite a while going through the registry.
It went through it cycle and found nothing to erase.
I'm going to restart the system and try another burn with MTU.

[Vince Cravotta]

I rebooted the computer and tried to burn my disk but, alas an alak, the same error came up and ruined another disk. The one thing that I noticed, each time since this problem started, when I would reboot I would get a notice that Window would state " Could not continue because a drive was tryng to reboot from a cd. I would hit the return and it would complete the reboot. After completing the steps that you suggest, when I rebooted it there was no error coming up. I rebooted again just to check, and it rebooted on the first try again. Evidently removing the virtual drive might have corrected that problem.
Do you have any suggestions for removing the control that Pinnacle might have on MTU?

Pinnacle - Instant CD/DVD

[marklwood]

The next thing I would try is removing the upper and lower filters.
This is a fix by microsoft for a similar problem with Adaptec.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

Even though you are not getting the error code, it sounds like a similar issue.
Quoted from the article:

There may be other third party CD-Writing Software that exhibit similar behavior. Some or all of these troubleshooting steps can apply to them if they also add entries under the UpperFilters or LowerFilters registry values by either adding their filter drivers or by removing the registry keys and values outlined in this article

I haven't ran Pinnacle in quite a few years, so I don't know how it sets the filters. It won't hurt to try it. What is the worse thing that could happen? Your burner doesn't work?

[marklwood]

I starting to sound like Steve Jobs here.

And ONE MORE THING...........
If you hit Alt+Ctrl+Del and look at the task manager, do you see an entry for IWCTRL.EXE? That is the TSR for Instantdrive. I hope that it is gone now. If not, we still have some work to do.

[Vince Cravotta]

I check the task manager and there is no item "IWCTRL.EXE.
I checked on a program someone told me about called Driver Detective. I purchased it and it showed that I had 21 drivers that were outdated, 3 that were missing and 22 that were good. I worked for 6 1/2 hours and could only update one of them. the others I tried and tried and they could not be updated. I called the company back and they said they would try to get to me in couple of days. I told them just to cancel my order and refund my money and I would try to update myself.