Installed Vogone - lost both CDROM and DVDROM drives

[Koone]

Doug,
Im starting to like you :-)
The reason I dont do all those things is cause I dont know as much as you ! But I do like the response Im now getting. I have media (11). And Nero is not in my starting program. Most of the things Ive done in the past MS works well enough. Nero is an occasional video thing for me.
Aside from the drives disappearing I cant seem to get VOGONE going either. In one of the downloads I saw a request to download an additional something online. Is that important to VOGONE?

With your help Ill move forward.
Thanks

[ddouglass]

If you want to use MP3s in Vogone then yes it is important.
Try un-installing Media 11 and re-install it.
There is only one way to find out if they work and that is to do it. And it isn't going to hurt your computer. I would download the guide from Microsoft and follow it.
As Bob said try un-installing Nero and then install Vogone and see if you lose the drives again.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

I can't say enough about registry cleaners.
they realy work.
when i installed hoster once, i lost my drives.
i tried every fix i could find, nothing worked.
then a friend told me about reg cure, and it worked.
no more problems. i now have it on three of my computers.
and will put it on the rest soon. Bob

[Koone]

VoGone wouldnt work on my old computer.
Dosent work on my new computer.
Dosent work on my sons computer.
Dosent work on my Techs computer.
He offered to pay me $30.00 bucks if I would throw it away.
Ive already paid twice that much for it.

I starting to see a pattern and I dont like it.
Messed with this thing since December 4,07.
Read my posts, it does the same thing to everyone.

Any more suggestions ?

[bobcox- with the Lord]

At this point, no one else is having a problem with vogone.
it has to be computer related.
i have vogone on mine, and aside from my first problem with nero and the registry.
it works great.
registry cleaner removed over 3000 bad entrys back in dec, not one problem
with drives since.
sorry i can't help more. Bob

[Koone]

This is a brand new computer.
No games, No nero, No downloads.
No fragments or lost files.
No confused registry files.
Brand spanking new.
VoGone is the first thing I loaded.
How could it be any cleaner ?]
This program runs the same (it dont)
no matter the computer.
whether if it belongs to me, family or my tech.
It just kills all my drives and leaves.

Microsoft Windows XP
Professional version 2002
Service Pack 2
MS Office 2003

AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual
Core Processor 5000+
2.60ghz, 1.87 GB RAM
Radeon HD 3870 GDDR4
Lite-ON DVD RW
Sony DVD RW
365 GIGs misc sata HD

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Koone

This is a brand new computer.
No games, No nero, No downloads.
No fragments or lost files.
No confused registry files.
Brand spanking new
VoGone is the first thing I loaded.
How could it be any cleaner ?

There is no such thing as a clean computer. As soon as Windows XP is loaded there are already fragmented files and extra/unnecessary entries in the registry. They are inherent in the install from Microsoft. If this is a computer bought from a major manufacturer like Dell or Gateway they have also loaded programs and support aids that you won't know about until you call them for support. One of those programs they load is usually a disc burning program such as Nero or Roxio which can cause problems as they want to control your drives and prevent any other program from using them. You say you don't have Nero loaded but how about Roxio?

Have you tried running a registry cleaning program to try and see if that would solve the problem? In a previous post you say all the updates have been done. Is that from using the Microsoft Auto Update or the Express Update from their web link? Or have you done the Custom Update as recommended by MTU to install all updates and most importantly the .net Framework? The Auto or Express only loads those updates deemed by Microsoft as being critical.

Originally Posted by Koone

Microsoft Windows XP

Originally Posted by Koone

Professional version 2002
Service Pack 2
MS Office 2003

AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual
Core Processor 5000+
2.60ghz, 1.87 GB RAM
Radeon HD 3870 GDDR4
Lite-ON DVD RW
Sony DVD RW
365 GIGs misc sata HD

I'm a little confused because you say above that Vogone is the only program loaded but in this list you say Microsoft Office 2003 is loaded.