"No CD burner found on your computer"

Steve Bauer · #1 September 15th, 2008, 07:05 PM

I have Hoster 4.02 on my Compaq Presario loaded and working great. I still have Hoster demo installed on my office computer. I originally had problems with disappearing drives that was fixed with a registry fix I later posted. Now, I cannot burn music files on my CD/RW drives anymore on either computer. The computers recognize the drives but won't burn. Anybody had a similar problem? I have XP SP3 on both machines.

Steve

ddouglass · #2 September 15th, 2008, 07:46 PM

When did they quit burning?
What program are you trying use for burning?

Beavis · #3 September 15th, 2008, 07:50 PM

did you go to my computer and right click on the cd drive and go to properties. then select the last tab (it might say recording) click on it and look around.

Steve Bauer · #4 September 15th, 2008, 08:06 PM

Thanks Beavis, but that doesn't seem to work.

Steve Bauer · #5 September 15th, 2008, 08:08 PM

Dale, I'm using Yahoo Jukebox to burn from. I have burned quite a few from there before. I can't remember when this thing quit. Both machines are the same though....seems to be related to Hoster.

Beavis · #6 September 15th, 2008, 08:31 PM

is there a recording option ?

Steve Bauer · #7 September 15th, 2008, 08:34 PM

Yes, there is recording option and it is checked. Have also tried un-installing and re-installing and that didn't work either.

ddouglass · #8 September 15th, 2008, 10:10 PM

I'm not sure how it is connected to Hoster when Hoster does not have recording capability so wouldn't change anything related to it.

Steve Bauer · #9 September 15th, 2008, 10:42 PM

Dale, seems like when Hoster installs, it makes a registry change. The one I posted definitely affects the drive recognition. Surely someone else has had this problem if Hoster is responsible. A friend of mine is researching it and I will post any good info I get from him. Until then, I can't record on either machine.

Steve

Beavis · #10 September 16th, 2008, 06:32 AM

hoster doesnt record, it just reads the disc.

billyo · #11 September 16th, 2008, 07:52 AM

i had the same problem a while back, when i installed the 4.3 demo version, opened the demo version, and got a msg. " no cd/dvd found" or something like that, went to " my computer" hardware tab, and i noticed that the cd/dvd had a yellow exclamation point, tried update the driver, error msg, no driver found,install-re-install, didnt work i ended up doing restore..and it worked,i uninstall the demo, re-install got the same error msg..i ended up doing the restore again..

Steve Bauer · #12 September 16th, 2008, 08:59 AM

Billyo,

Below you will find a very detailed way to return the tabs. Mine still shows the recording tabs for the CD RW so it was not my problem, which I am still looking for. If you use this (it is safe as it creates a backup file during the process) just follow step by step very carefully. Good luck and let me know if it helps!

1.

Click Start, and then click Run.

2.

In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

3.

Expand the following registry subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CD Burning\Drives

4.

On the File menu, click Export.

5.

In the File name box, type backup of drives key, and then click Save.

Note You can restore this registry subkey by double-clicking the backup of drives key.reg file that you saved.

6.

In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, click the Volume{GUID} folder under Drives, where GUID is a 32-character hexadecimal globally unique identifier.

Note If you have more than one CD-ROM drive in the computer, an additional Volume{GUID} folder is listed for each drive.

7.

In the right pane of the Registry Editor window, double-click Drive Type.

8.

In the Value data box, type 1 or 2, depending on the drive type, and then click OK.

The drive type should be 1 if it is a CD-R and 2 if it is a CD-RW.

9.

Quit Registry Editor.

10.

Click Start, and then click My Computer.

11.

Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.

12.

If the Recording tab is displayed, Windows recognizes the drive as a recordable device.

13.

Click Cancel.

Note If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, or CD-RW drive in the computer and the Recording tab is not displayed, an incorrect drive may have been configured as "recordable" in the Windows registry. To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps:

a.	Follow steps 1 through 9 to edit the Drive Type value of the Volume{`GUID`} folder whose value you previously changed.
b.	In the Value data box, type 3, and then click OK. The drive type value of 3 indicates that the drive is a standard CD-ROM and is not writable.
c.	In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, click the next Volume{`GUID`} folder.
d.	Follow steps 7 and 8 to change the Value data entry to 1 or 2, depending on the drive type.
e.	Quit Registry Editor, and then follow steps 10 through 12 to confirm that the Recording tab is displayed in the properties dialog box of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.

billyo · #13 September 16th, 2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Bauer