IDE drive not seen in ConvertXtoDVD

[Aretwodeetwo]

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.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

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.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

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

 

[Aretwodeetwo]

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

 

[Yousuf Khan]

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

 

[Aretwodeetwo]

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.

 

[Ed Cryer]

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

 

[Paul]

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

 

[Aretwodeetwo]

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)

 

[Aretwodeetwo]

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.

 

[Ed Cryer]

Never installed Nero, I use the portable version.
But, I haven't used it since I installed ConvertX (2x)

I've installed the latest Convertx2DVD, and it's not bad; I'll keep it.
It recognized the DVD-drive on this Win7 machine just fine. So I plugged
in a USB DVD-drive and it recognized that as well.

I also put it on my XP machine which has two internal IDE DVD-drives,
and it works. So I plugged in the USB one, and it registered all three.

I was wondering if maybe "three" might be the problem; and whether you
got any joy from trying it without your USB drive.

Ed

 

[Aretwodeetwo]

I've installed the latest Convertx2DVD, and it's not bad; I'll keep it.
It recognized the DVD-drive on this Win7 machine just fine. So I plugged
in a USB DVD-drive and it recognized that as well.

I also put it on my XP machine which has two internal IDE DVD-drives,
and it works. So I plugged in the USB one, and it registered all three.

I was wondering if maybe "three" might be the problem; and whether you
got any joy from trying it without your USB drive.

Ed

Oddly, when the USB drive is unplugged, the other burner shows up fine.

When I plug in the USB burner, the IDE drive vanishes again.

Not a major problem, just curious since it happened overnight. There once was
peaceful co-existence and then there was turmoil.

Maybe some freaky Windows update??????
May be some AVG helping out?
Don't recall any new software installs.

Oh well.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Aretwodeetwo.

I haven't followed this thread closely, mostly because I never heard of
ConvertXtoDVD. There are several references to Device Manager and, in your
OP, to Hardware Manager. But I've seen NO mention at all of Disk
Management.

In case you are not familiar with Disk Management, just press Start, type
diskmgmt.msc, and click Enter. Ever since it first appeared in Windows 2000
over a decade ago, this is THE tool for managing hard disks, optical drives,
memory cards - and just about anything else that can be assigned a "drive"
letter. (Disk Management is a part of the MMC (Microsoft Management
Console), so you can also get their via other paths, but those ways display
it with a lot of "real estate" overhead, making me feel like I'm working
through a keyhole.)

Your latest post said:

Oddly, when the USB drive is unplugged, the other burner shows up fine.

When I plug in the USB burner, the IDE drive vanishes again.

This sounds like a problem that can easily be fixed by having Disk
Management assign specific drive letters to your USB and IDE drives. If you
don't assign specific letters, then Windows re-assigns "the next available
letter" each time a "new" device is plugged in.

Try it and let us know what results you see.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"Aretwodeetwo" wrote in message

I've installed the latest Convertx2DVD, and it's not bad; I'll keep it.
It recognized the DVD-drive on this Win7 machine just fine. So I plugged
in a USB DVD-drive and it recognized that as well.

I also put it on my XP machine which has two internal IDE DVD-drives,
and it works. So I plugged in the USB one, and it registered all three.

I was wondering if maybe "three" might be the problem; and whether you
got any joy from trying it without your USB drive.

Ed

Oddly, when the USB drive is unplugged, the other burner shows up fine.

When I plug in the USB burner, the IDE drive vanishes again.

Not a major problem, just curious since it happened overnight. There once
was
peaceful co-existence and then there was turmoil.

Maybe some freaky Windows update??????
May be some AVG helping out?
Don't recall any new software installs.

Oh well.

 

[Roy Smith]

Oddly, when the USB drive is unplugged, the other burner shows up fine.

When I plug in the USB burner, the IDE drive vanishes again.

Not a major problem, just curious since it happened overnight. There once was
peaceful co-existence and then there was turmoil.

Maybe some freaky Windows update??????
May be some AVG helping out?
Don't recall any new software installs.

Oh well.

How many watts is your PC's power supply rated at? It could be possible
that your power supply is being over taxed with both drives connected
and dropping one when you connect the other. Another idea is that I
have a PC (eMachines) that does have 4 SATA connectors on the
motherboard, yet it can only handle 2 devices being connected at a time.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Thunderbird 5.0
Monday, July 25, 2011 5:23:49 PM

 

[Char Jackson]

How many watts is your PC's power supply rated at? It could be possible
that your power supply is being over taxed with both drives connected
and dropping one when you connect the other. Another idea is that I
have a PC (eMachines) that does have 4 SATA connectors on the
motherboard, yet it can only handle 2 devices being connected at a time.

I don't think your first scenario is likely. An overtaxed power supply
won't act that cleanly. The power supply doesn't know where the power
is going and isn't smart enough to disable one drive in order to
support another drive. Not repeatably, at least.

The second scenario is interesting. I haven't heard of that.

 

[Roy Smith]

I don't think your first scenario is likely. An overtaxed power supply
won't act that cleanly. The power supply doesn't know where the power
is going and isn't smart enough to disable one drive in order to
support another drive. Not repeatably, at least.

The second scenario is interesting. I haven't heard of that.

Yup, threw me for a loop too. Here's the specs according to eMachines:

http://support.gateway.com/emachines/emac/1015185R/1015185Rsp3.shtml

and yet here is a picture of the motherboard on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/eMachines-H5237...543564914?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3a558f6872

Look in the lower right corner and you'll see 4 SATA connectors, yet the
specs say it can only handle 2 drives. Imagine my frustration when I
tried hooking up 2 additional drives shortly after I bought the machine.


--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Thunderbird 5.0
Monday, July 25, 2011 6:43:02 PM

 

[Char Jackson]

Yup, threw me for a loop too. Here's the specs according to eMachines:

http://support.gateway.com/emachines/emac/1015185R/1015185Rsp3.shtml

At least they warned you!
"Support for up to two hard drives"

and yet here is a picture of the motherboard on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/eMachines-H5237...543564914?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3a558f6872

Look in the lower right corner and you'll see 4 SATA connectors, yet the
specs say it can only handle 2 drives. Imagine my frustration when I
tried hooking up 2 additional drives shortly after I bought the machine.

What did you do when you realized the 3rd and 4th SATA ports weren't
functional? USB adapters?

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

I don't think your first scenario is likely. An overtaxed power supply
won't act that cleanly. The power supply doesn't know where the power
is going and isn't smart enough to disable one drive in order to
support another drive. Not repeatably, at least.

The second scenario is interesting. I haven't heard of that.

I don't think it's going to be that one either, as he said both drives
had coexisted happily (presumably on the same machine) in the recent
past.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The
learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer
exists. -- Eric Hoffer (quoted by Elsie McGill <[email protected]>, 1997-6-1).

 

[KipNoxzema]

I also ran into this problem. Try what I did. First, I set the region code to the correct country because I noticed it was not set. Second, I uninstalled the software and re-installed it into the x86 Program Files folder. It's the 32-bit one. I launched the software and it recognized the DVD drive. Good luck.