Windows XP Pro and Slimtype LSC-24082K
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I am at my wits end... I have been having a problem with Windows XP Pro and my WinBookM201 - with and internal Slimtype LSC-24082K DVD/CDRW drive... it reads all CD's and DVD's but it stopped writing to the CD drive after I loaded CD Creator.
I have had Roxio CD Creator loaded (version 5.35) and I have heard that this software may conflict with the XP (Roxio based) CD writing program.
I received the following message on start up..
Issue Description:
A CD-recording driver is installed that might cause stability problems, including problems shutting down and problems using a CD/DVD drive. This driver will be disabled.
I have checked in device manger for the 'offending drivers' and I find:
cdralw2k.sys AND cdr4_2k.sys disabled in the windows/system file...
I have tried two or three quick restores to no avail...
any idea how I fix this? do I have a registry problem(Ugh!) or do I just have to reformat the computer and start over? can the drivers be relpaced or updated? and where do I find them...any help will be much appreciated.
Thank You
[email protected]
A New Problem Emerged!...
Dear Noo Noo,
Thank you so much for your advice... I followed it removed Roxio's Direct CD 5.35 and all of it's components then edited the registry following the MS instructions you pointed me to... went to my drives properties and disabled recording as I was told to do.I decided not to try Roxio's Direct CD again instead I loaded the program that came OEM with my WinBook Pentium 4 Laptop on disc it's B's Recorder Gold5... now when I try to write to a disc I get and error message that asks me to...
Check the ATAPI connection... cable (there is none the drive is internal) and the master/slave order.
I'm lost again... can you help... I would really appreciate it... Thank You...
Ernani
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
Welcome to Windrivers Ernani!
Strangely Roxio (owners of easycd) wrote the native burning program for windows XP - possibly the worst part of XP.
If you wish to keep Easy CD
follow this ms article first then go to
www.roxio.com and put in your id and get the patches to get the right patches.
Turn off native windows xp burning - right click the cdrw, properties, recording tab and uncheck the recording box and reboot (it doesn't ask for a reboot)
Go
here for a new aspi layer and check your aspi is up to scratch.
If you do not wish to keep Easy CD, follow the ms article above and then uninstall it and
when/if your cdrw disappears from device manager, follow this
Then go to
www.nero.com and get Nero - there is a 30 day trial.
still in XP and driver HELL...!
Dear Confus-ed...
Thanks for the ASPI info... I had no idea that Roxio and Microsoft were at war... but I guess that explains the non comppatbility with XP...
anyway I followed Noo Noos' advice removed Direct CD and instyalled the OEM software for burning that came with my WinBook pentium 4... (B's Recorer Gold5)... I still can't write to disc and am getting a new error... re: my ATAPI connection ??? Now I'm really lost...
I guess I could restore all the way back to my first day or two of setting up this new computer and then have to reinstall all my programs or I could just reformat the whole thing and start over...
Boy what a mess thank you Microsoft and Roxio for not warning us poor slobs about the ASPI war that they are raging... and PS I agree the Windows XP onboard Roxio burning program really does tsink the joint up...
Anyway... I'm still frustrated...
Thanks for your help.
Ernani
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Originally Posted by confus-ed
Err umm there is no aspi layer in xp when it ships ... if you don't like how they do it .... you have to ADD your own - but that'll do it :D
'Uncle Bill' (so M$) doesn't strictly support any aspi layers & that's why you get the built in 'crap' which circumvents its need ... I, like Noo, am somewhat amused by all this nonsense, as the worst culprit for messing up the non existant aspi layer is Easy-cd, it promptly adds its own proprietry drivers which would work fine if you already had the 'unrequired' ASPI layer added (this don't make sense even to me & I'm confus-ed ! :D ), But if you haven't added the layer you get what Ernani got ....
Here's some background on the sorry ASPI saga (nicked from a product support document - but the 'guts' of the article is bang on :thumbs: )
the same ole subject CD writing...
Dear Confus-ed… & Noo Noo
Thanks again… NO luck… can I borrow your names as now I am really confused and would love to yell NO NO at my laptop (just kidding .. Ha.. Ha) anyway I tried everything you both suggested.
All of my drivers where up to date in both Primary and Secondary IDE… The SIS Chipset was also up to date…
There are no device driver conflicts and the drivers loaded for the CDRW (which by the way is a Slimtype LSC - 24082K)
The drivers that are the first two listed on the drive seem correct as B.H.A. (from the B5 Gold Program) they are…
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BsStor.sys
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\cdrom.sys
(this is followed by the normal XP system drivers
This all has no conflicts and says that it’s all working properly…
I’m still getting the following … and I believe it is a Windows error…
Wheneve I try to write to the drive…
Here’s the windows error…
An ATAPI error occurred.
Disc error.
< Error No : aa037302 >
One more clue? … BHA (B5 Gold) told me to uncheck the record box on the CDRW drive… (although it doesn’t work checked or unchecked)
I guess I can try to restore once again and go all the way back to about a month ago before I installed my programs and see if that works…
If not I guess I will be spending a REFORMATTING and RECOVERING weekend…
Thank you again both for trying… I have learned way more about CD writing than I ever thought I would…
Oh for the days of the old 5 ¼ floppy and my Archer computer!!!
Have a great weekend! … Ernani
the same ole subject CD writing...
Dear Confus-ed… & Noo Noo
Thanks again… NO luck… can I borrow your names as now I am really confused and would love to yell NO NO at my laptop (just kidding .. Ha.. Ha) anyway I tried everything you both suggested.
All of my drivers where up to date in both Primary and Secondary IDE… The SIS Chipset was also up to date…
There are no device driver conflicts and the drivers loaded for the CDRW (which by the way is a Slimtype LSC - 24082K)
The drivers that are the first two listed on the drive seem correct as B.H.A. (from the B5 Gold Program) they are…
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BsStor.sys
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\cdrom.sys
(this is followed by the normal XP system drivers
This all has no conflicts and says that it’s all working properly…
I’m still getting the following … and I believe it is a Windows error…
Wheneve I try to write to the drive…
Here’s the windows error…
An ATAPI error occurred.
Disc error.
< Error No : aa037302 >
One more clue? … BHA (B5 Gold) told me to uncheck the record box on the CDRW drive… (although it doesn’t work checked or unchecked)
I guess I can try to restore once again and go all the way back to about a month ago before I installed my programs and see if that works…
If not I guess I will be spending a REFORMATTING and RECOVERING weekend…
Thank you again both for trying… I have learned way more about CD writing than I ever thought I would…
Oh for the days of the old 5 ¼ floppy and my Archer computer!!!
Have a great weekend! … Ernani
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
a new problem ... can't format!
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
FRankly I would be hacking the reg to bits - long, slow and frustrating way to learn what hooks where, its quicker to format an install.
Dear Noo Noo -
What a mess... tried everything I could think of (thanks for the NERO recommendation looks like a great program that I will get when I'm back up)... here's the latest... tried to restore back to day one with the computer and it now won't even start up in windows... all I get is the XP apology screen offering me several different ways to start up ... none of them work not even Safe Mode... soooo...
Tried to format with the CD's that came with the machin but without an operating sysytem acknowledged I can;t even do that...
Any ideas???
I'll call WinBook on Monday and see ehat they suggest...
Again thanks for trying to help me...
Ernani
The slimtype may be busted!
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
you should be able to get into the bios setup and change the boot order to cdrom first.
Dear Noo Noo -
I did a non destructive format... therefore kept all my files - lost all my programs and started with a 'virgin' registry...
then I tried to write to the CDRW with XP ... no dice... I get a grinding back and forth sound and a freeze up...
Tried NERO same problem and the old ATAPI error appears again ... (the Windows ATAPI error we had before)
Therefore, I must conclude I have a drive that likes to read but just won't learn to write...
Good news I'm under warranty so tomorrow I will take it back to MicroCenter and then maybe have to mail the WinBook M201 (40 days old) back to WinBook...
Let me know if you agree with my diagnosis... I'll email you the results and again thanks for the help...
Ernani...
PS - NERO looks like a pretty cool program... I'll buy it once I get a new drive installed...
Windows XP, Roxio and LSC-24082K
I solved an identical problem as follows:
Go to Roxio's support site, download and run ROXIZAP.EXE. It's a "brute force removal tool" that eradicates any remnants of Roxio software on your system.
Go to LiteOn's support site and download and run the latest revision of the flash ROM for the LSC-24082K. Their site listed the flash ROM as for an "external drive", but the zip file contents show it for the slimtype internal. After the flash update, reboot and Windows XP sees the drive as a new device and takes it from there (no external drivers required.)
Install or reinstall your preferred CD burning software. I use Nero SmartSuite 6.x and have no more error messages at Windows startup or the CD drive "disappearing."
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Originally Posted by Ernani
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I am at my wits end... I have been having a problem with Windows XP Pro and my WinBookM201 - with and internal Slimtype LSC-24082K DVD/CDRW drive... it reads all CD's and DVD's but it stopped writing to the CD drive after I loaded CD Creator.
I have had Roxio CD Creator loaded (version 5.35) and I have heard that this software may conflict with the XP (Roxio based) CD writing program.
I received the following message on start up..
Issue Description:
A CD-recording driver is installed that might cause stability problems, including problems shutting down and problems using a CD/DVD drive. This driver will be disabled.
I have checked in device manger for the 'offending drivers' and I find:
cdralw2k.sys AND cdr4_2k.sys disabled in the windows/system file...
I have tried two or three quick restores to no avail...
any idea how I fix this? do I have a registry problem(Ugh!) or do I just have to reformat the computer and start over? can the drivers be relpaced or updated? and where do I find them...any help will be much appreciated.
Thank You
[email protected]