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    Cthonic God of Deception Member ULC's Avatar
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    Default Reversion problems

    I just recently reverted back to XP from Vista, and now I can't use my DVD+RW drive at all. It doesn't even acknowledge that I put a DVD in, neither prompting with autoplay, or when I access it through My computer, it asks for me to insert a CD or treats it as a blank disc that somehow has no space on it . It's a AD-7173A if that helps, and CDs still work.
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    Default Re: Reversion problems

    Tried installing XP/compatible/newest drivers for it? I believe you can force install a same install version onto a DVD drive too (note that even if you format your hard drives, the DVD drive keeps its last installed update version).
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    Default Re: Reversion problems

    Well, it seems I am one fo those poor souls who bought the wrong computer. I had to go here to get the proper drivers, but even now I seem to be having a problem downloading the chipset driver.

    I don't know how to do the force install, All I can find is firmware for it, and it only flashes the DVD +/- RW drive.
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    Default Re: Reversion problems

    When you say reversion, does that mean you did a simple reinstall of XP over Vista? Or perhaps did you do a full system wipe/reformat before reinstalling? It really seems like you may have done the first option, which is not necessarily a good idea. If you can, you might try backing up all your important data (docs, bookmarks, email, savegames, etcetc), reformatting your HDD, and then installing XP clean that way. I'm also going to assume that this is a machine you've had XP fully working on before, so drivers shouldn't be an issue for you.


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    Default Re: Reversion problems

    Nope, I did a clean install, and had backed up everything important on my secondary drive before wiping everything clean and installing XP. As for drivers, it's a yes no thing. I had XP running fine before, but I installed the DVD drive when Vista was the OS, and now I can't get the chipset drivers from Acer :(.

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    Hrmmm, sounds fishy, I know of no optical drives that require special drivers. What is your system make/model and specs?

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