Locked drives

Burning Software
#1

:confused: Several months ago i installed CloneCD on my WinXP Home system.
at the end of the trial, i uninstalled it, but found that my media players could no longer access my cd-rom drives to play audio cdā€™s.
i re-installed the app and all was well again.
i tried re-uninstalling the other day and used Registry First Aid to clear
all traces of the app ( there were nearly 60 references remaining- some of
which i had to alter permissions for, before i could remove them), but to no
avail.
i get a message from my Creative Media player saying that another process is
holding on to the drive.
windows media player canā€™t find the path to the cda on the disc
nero media player canā€™t open the cd-rom
however, the players detect the cd audio and list the tracks.
i can still play dvdā€™s on the dvd rom and burn cdā€™s on the cd writer, but
neither will play audio.
does anyone have any idea what may be locking up my drive in this way?
iā€™d be grateful for any snippets of knowledge you may have on this topic.

jah

cornwall, uk

#2

Hereā€™s an update:

having ensured there are no remains of Clone cd, blindwrite or cd mate in my registry iā€™ve re-installed an aspi layer, removed both drives from my system and rebooted.
if i reinstall only the drive that was used as a virtual drive (LG DRD8160b) it functions normally except when asked to play audio cdā€™s - as before.
if i reinstall only my burner (TEAC CD-W540E) it works perfectly !!
if i reinstall both drives, both work normally except when asked to play audio cdā€™s - which neither will do.

so iā€™m guessing that a device driver that loads with the LG drive is causing problems for both drives.

is that progress??

:confused:

#3

I had this once on my system without any software but Nero installed. It was the WindowsXP burn service that locked my drive. Do you have that enabled?

#4

I do have the IMAPI COM service installed, but i have tried disabling it and reinstalling the LG drive, but thereā€™s no difference.
The main clue must be the fact that everything works fine without this drive installed and everything worked fine with this drive installed before i removed CloneCD.
Iā€™m about to compare two lists of drivers on my system. one set with the drive installed and one set without. iā€™m hoping to discover a difference between the two which might point to a problem.
we, as they say, shall seeā€¦

on another topic entirely - nearly:-

the reason i originally installed cloneCD was to crack the copy protection employed by BMG on Neptunes Presentā€¦ ā€¦Clones album in order to make a personal copy. Back then, it wasnā€™t able to do it and i wonder if it is able to do it now. In the end, i recorded the whole album into Steinberg WaveLab Lite and chopped it up into individual songs before burning to a cd.

#5

update:

i am no closer to the truth.

i am so clueless as to where the problem really lies that I am considering a clean OS install.
i wish i had another HD as this would make my life a lot easier. 4 user accounts on this system including about 12 gigs of user data so iā€™m gonna be here forever backing up this stuff.
Does anyone have any final thoughts before i dive into the deepest darkest depths of the maelstrom that is my HD?? :rolleyes:

#6
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