Win 7 x64 Asus Laptop DVD/CD driver problem

[allandross]

When I installed Win 7 clean, everything was fine for a couple of days. Then I noticed I had lost support for the Tosiba HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20L ATA which I used to install Windows. Now my CD doesn't even show up; trouble shooter says it can't install since the registry entry doesn't agree...huh???

I tried copying the cdrom.sys from my Vista 64 to Win 7 64 and tried to get it to use that, but no avail.

Anybody ever had this problem? I went back to my Vista 64 and the CD drive works fine.

 

[The Cool Guy]

1) Perform a system restore, see here; http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html or do a clean install again.

2) (This MIGHT work Navigate to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt (Right click and Run as administrator) and type in "sfc /scannow" (Do not type in the quotes; and leave space between 'sfc' and '/scannow') and wait until it's complete.

Hope this helps,
C.Guy

 

[allandross]

I tried it and it came up clean.

OK, I just did a clean install a day before this happened so never had a chance to make a backup yet. I tried the scan and it came up clean. Here's the error message when I look at driver info in Device Manager:
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Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)
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I also noticed the size of cdrom.sys in Win 7 is 144k and the one from vista 64 is 78k. I tried to copy, rename but it says I need permission from TrustedInstaller, which I can't find anywhere.

Thanks for you help.

 

[The Cool Guy]

Welcome, this might be the solution; How to repair windows code 19 registry - Windows Registry Solution

Happy to help

 

[rflair]

Are you running any virtual drive software, ie Daemon Tools?

 

[allandross]

Interesting but not solved

Thanks to both of you for your help. I'm not running anything like nero etc. The code 19 thing I tried but it still came back with the same error.
However, in the process of hunting this down, I found something else. I've had intermittent connection problems. Sometimes I could get some internet pages and not other...troubleshoot identified a dns problem and said there was no problem with my configuration. Well, when I was checking device manager for the cd problem, I notice intermittently that I lost internet access and the network cards were flagged...when I checked those out I found all of them had Avira drivers...I use Avira suite for firewall,antivirus etc. So I completely uninstalled Avira, cleaned out the temp files and registry and reboot...now I have no problems at all with connectivity and pages (dns). So I guess all problems have a silver lining....AVIRA is NOT compatible with Windows RC. (it seems more intermittent in the beta version but is real bad in 7). Now I will also check my Vista 64 for the same kind of problems.
Anyway, I am now back to my one and only problems: the cd still is not recognized. I guess I have no choice but to do another clean install.

Thanks a whole heap for all your help. I really appreciate it.

 

[allandross]

solved!

I got it working. If anybody else has this problem, here's the solution:
CD-ROM drive not recognized, error code 19

Now, EVERYTHING is working fine.
Thanks for everybody's help. Maybe I can return the favor some day.

 

[The Cool Guy]

Allandross, happy to know that your problem has been solved.