Driver Information
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Class: CDROM
Version: 5.1.2535.0
Date: 07/01/2001
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
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Capabilities: 16
Class: CDROM
ClassGUID: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
CompatibleIDs: GenCdRom
ConfigFlags: 0
DeviceDesc: CD-ROM Drive
FriendlyName: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K14
HardwareID: IDE\CdRomPIONEER_DVD-RW__DVR-K14_________________1.14____
LocationInformation: 0
Mfg: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Service: cdrom
UINumber: 0

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Pioneer
Model: pioneer dvd-rw dvr-k14
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, &amp; cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Easy Cd Creator/version

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DVD burner optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from 95 up. Windows XP has native support that allows this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. It contains no support for burning cd-rw disks or for playing or burning dvd disks. For those 2 tasks, compatible recording and dvd decoding software is required. eg: Roxio's Easy Cd Creator, Nero and WinDVD or PowerDVD.

If you have a non-detection problem, then it's proably a result of installing and un-installing recording software. That creates a problem in the Windows XP registry whereas the upper and lower filters must be deleted.

Be sure to create a system restore point before doing the changes (or backup your registry file) as you can roll back if something goes wrong.

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Troubleshooting CD/DVD-ROM devices in Windows 2000 and XP

Many third-party programs that control CD or DVD burning (as well as some player applications) install CD- or DVD-ROM filter device drivers into Windows. These filter drivers are meant to allow for low-level hooks into the hardware, to allow for functions such as packet writing (where a CD-R/W or DVD-/+RW can be written incrementally, like a hard disk).

These filter drivers sometimes have problems that can cause the CD or DVD drive to stop working correctly. The device entry for the CD or DVD drive in the Device Manager may show up with an error descriptor that reads "The device could not start." Additionally, there may be an error message that reads "One of the filter drivers for this device is invalid." The devices themselves do not show up in Explorer. Error codes for the device include code 31, code 32, code 19 or code 39, and sometimes the even more ominous warning "Your registry might be corrupted" appears.

Fixing the problem simply involves deleting the filter entries for the third-party device drivers. These entries can sometimes become damaged (which is what produces the "corrupt registry" warning).

To delete the offending keys, open the Registry (start, run, type REGEDT32) and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Delete the keys named UpperFilters and LowerFilters and reboot.

Several of the products made by Roxio are infamous for causing this problem, although in fairness to the company the most recent versions of their Roxio CD/DVD writing software (6.2 and higher) do not have these problems. Users of 5.0 or 6.0 editions of the Easy CD & DVD Creator product, which has been bundled with many new PCs in the past, should upgrade to 6.2 or better. Other programs can also cause this problem, with the same solution.

Note that after you do this, you may lose functionality in the program that uses the filter drivers, which may need to be reinstalled, eg: reinstall your recording software.