IDE drive not seen in ConvertXtoDVD

MY IDE DVD writer shows up and works fine in W7, looks good in Hardware
Manager. Nero sees it, Windows sees it.

Yet ConvertXtoDVD doesn't show it as available, just my USB portable that I want
to remove for another PC.

Tried re-install of ConvertX but made no diff.

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:10:10 -0500, Aretwodeetwo wrote:

> MY IDE DVD writer shows up and works fine in W7, looks good in Hardware
> Manager. Nero sees it, Windows sees it.
>
> Yet ConvertXtoDVD doesn't show it as available, just my USB portable that I want
> to remove for another PC.
>
> Tried re-install of ConvertX but made no diff.

Maybe that program has a bug.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 18/07/2011 1:10 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
> MY IDE DVD writer shows up and works fine in W7, looks good in Hardware
> Manager. Nero sees it, Windows sees it.
>
> Yet ConvertXtoDVD doesn't show it as available, just my USB portable that I want
> to remove for another PC.
>
> Tried re-install of ConvertX but made no diff.

If that's a program that converts video files into DVD video format,
then there's plenty of alternatives out there, including the Nero that
you have, as well as the Windows DVD Maker that comes with Windows 7.

Yousuf Khan

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:15:28 -0400, Yousuf Khan <>
wrote:

>On 18/07/2011 1:10 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>> MY IDE DVD writer shows up and works fine in W7, looks good in Hardware
>> Manager. Nero sees it, Windows sees it.
>>
>> Yet ConvertXtoDVD doesn't show it as available, just my USB portable that I want
>> to remove for another PC.
>>
>> Tried re-install of ConvertX but made no diff.
>
>If that's a program that converts video files into DVD video format,
>then there's plenty of alternatives out there, including the Nero that
>you have, as well as the Windows DVD Maker that comes with Windows 7.
>
> Yousuf Khan
Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now

On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now

I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.

Yousuf Khan

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:16:10 -0400, Yousuf Khan <>
wrote:

>On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
>> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now
>
>I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
>Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
>drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.
>
> Yousuf Khan

All 3 show up under DVD/CD Rom Drives in Device Manager:
The standard CD player
The ATA/IDE (the one ConvertX can't see)
The USB DVD Drive (the one it can see)

All work perfectly fine except in that program, but the Internal used to. Even
after reinstalling the program.

On 20/07/2011 01:39, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:16:10 -0400, Yousuf Khan<>
> wrote:
>
>> On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>>> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
>>> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now
>>
>> I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
>> Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
>> drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>
> All 3 show up under DVD/CD Rom Drives in Device Manager:
> The standard CD player
> The ATA/IDE (the one ConvertX can't see)
> The USB DVD Drive (the one it can see)
>
> All work perfectly fine except in that program, but the Internal used to. Even
> after reinstalling the program.

How long have you had Nero installed?
I've seen it play the very devil with other burning software.

Ed

Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 20/07/2011 01:39, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:16:10 -0400, Yousuf
>> Khan<>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>>>> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
>>>> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now
>>>
>>> I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
>>> Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
>>> drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>> All 3 show up under DVD/CD Rom Drives in Device Manager:
>> The standard CD player
>> The ATA/IDE (the one ConvertX can't see)
>> The USB DVD Drive (the one it can see)
>>
>> All work perfectly fine except in that program, but the Internal used
>> to. Even
>> after reinstalling the program.
>
> How long have you had Nero installed?
> I've seen it play the very devil with other burning software.
>
> Ed

ConvertX may have installed its own filter drivers of some sort.
Just for fun, I'd try this and see what is listed. Different
burner packages, can install their own filter drivers.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

devcon stack gencdrom

On Windows 7, you might need to run that from cmd.exe window
with "Run as Administrator" (elevated) for cmd.exe .

HTH,
Paul

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:06:50 +0100, Ed Cryer <> wrote:

>On 20/07/2011 01:39, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:16:10 -0400, Yousuf Khan<>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>>>> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
>>>> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now
>>>
>>> I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
>>> Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
>>> drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>> All 3 show up under DVD/CD Rom Drives in Device Manager:
>> The standard CD player
>> The ATA/IDE (the one ConvertX can't see)
>> The USB DVD Drive (the one it can see)
>>
>> All work perfectly fine except in that program, but the Internal used to. Even
>> after reinstalling the program.
>
>How long have you had Nero installed?
>I've seen it play the very devil with other burning software.
>
>Ed
>
>
Never installed Nero, I use the portable version.
But, I haven't used it since I installed ConvertX (2x)

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:50:21 -0400, Paul <> wrote:

>Ed Cryer wrote:
>> On 20/07/2011 01:39, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:16:10 -0400, Yousuf
>>> Khan<>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18/07/2011 5:48 PM, Aretwodeetwo wrote:
>>>>> Nero works OK but ConvertX is blazing fast.
>>>>> It saw both drives about a month ago, but just the USB version now
>>>>
>>>> I understand, see if the CD drives show up as removable drives in the
>>>> Windows Device Manager. You should see them show up under the "DVD/CD
>>>> drives" category, but not under the "Disk drives" category.
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>
>>> All 3 show up under DVD/CD Rom Drives in Device Manager:
>>> The standard CD player
>>> The ATA/IDE (the one ConvertX can't see)
>>> The USB DVD Drive (the one it can see)
>>>
>>> All work perfectly fine except in that program, but the Internal used
>>> to. Even
>>> after reinstalling the program.
>>
>> How long have you had Nero installed?
>> I've seen it play the very devil with other burning software.
>>
>> Ed
>
>ConvertX may have installed its own filter drivers of some sort.
>Just for fun, I'd try this and see what is listed. Different
>burner packages, can install their own filter drivers.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461
>
> devcon stack gencdrom
>
>On Windows 7, you might need to run that from cmd.exe window
>with "Run as Administrator" (elevated) for cmd.exe .
>
>HTH,
> Paul

Funnt thing is it worked one day, and not the next. Just disappeared from the
dropdown choice menu. That's when I reinstalled ConvertX

The IDE/ATA burner works fine with every other program for reading and fine with
Windows writing (It just sux so bad)

I wanna yank the USB drive so my son can use it with his netbook at college.

Maybe I'll pull the plug today and see what ConvertX thinks about that.