Lost CD/DVD ability to record,or write

[online_fixes]

As an example:
In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key remove the GEARAspiWDM entry in the UpperFilters value.

When you click on the key in the left the UpperFilters value appears in the right. Delete the GEARAspiWDM entry there.

[kriket]

Under hkey-local-machine/system/currentcontrolset/services,there is no GearSecurity only GearaspiWDM expand that an under it is Driver info under that is ENUM on the right is Default, Display Name,Error Control,,Group,,Image Path,,Start,,Tag,,Type what do I right click an delete,,again there is no security key for Gear.Just to make sure when I go to the key instructed I delete only on the right columnand do nothing on the left.Just noticed about the optical drive can you tell me if I,m doing this rght..I rght clk on computer in control .

[online_fixes]

When you click on the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key in the left hand column you will see an UpperFilter value in the right column. Double click on it and a window will open with the GEARAspiWDM value in it. Clear that value and select OK.

Repeat this process with all and reboot.

[lorraine]

Hi Lorraine It,s kriket I asked you for help with My CD-DVD not being able to read or write back in FEB.2012 and you kindly took time to help me and I thank You for that.I would like to ask you once again for your help if at all possible,I believe I have found the problem but I do not know how to fix it.I found this by accident.I,ll explain it as best I can with hope you can help me.I had a scan software awhile back,system mechanic and thought I removed it.When I clk strt my comp.then clk cd drive I see this,,DVD RW DRIVE (D:) IOLO_drivemedic (iolo is system mechanic) I then opened its properties and see System_mechanic.chm Type of file Compiled HTML Help File(.chm) Opens with Microsoft (theres a cicrle with an R in it here)HTML Help Location D:\ Attribute Read only..I,ve tried to remove or delete it but cant and dont no how or where to look to find it to remove completely.If you could help me with this I,d appreciate it greatly.If you like to E/M direct its fine.

[lorraine]

Hi, and once again I have a list of questions (no particular order) to try to understand your situation a bit more:
1. Which version of System Mechanic did you have?
2. When you said that you thought you removed it did you mean that you ran its uninstaller? No offense with the question but I need to ask that because I've come across some people who delete a program without running the uninstaller and it doesn't work that way. It seems as if you have leftover bits and pieces of the program in your registry. I almost exclusively use CCleaner a lot at work and at home to have it scan the registry for leftover files after uninstalling a program. I have at times used iObit's portable uninstaller since it has a deep clean function.
3. When the System Mechanic software was installed, did you ever run its utility to create the Drive Medic bootable CD? If you did, did you ever use that bootable CD to run any tests? I'm just wondering if the burning process and subsequent reading process were successful at that point (if so, please give a date).
4. Did you ever try all of Gary's steps for the upper and lower filters? You and he had quite a correspondence going up until February and I'm not sure if you wrote about what happened after trying those steps.
5. Did you ever run sfc /scannow?
6. Does your drive read all discs with no trouble with the problem confined just to the writing part? I've seen discussions online about these drives using two different beams--one for reading and one for writing. Perhaps one of the beams has failed. Gary and I did raise the possibility of a mechanical drive failure earlier.
7. Did you install SP2 yourself or did your computer already come with SP2 installed?

I hope that your answers will help us to move forward once more.

[online_fixes]

Hello,

Did you have the system mechanic CD in the drive when you were reading the properties on the System_mechanic.chm file. The chm file is the help file for System Mechanic which is why it is protected and you won't be able to read it. I read your post several times and its sounds like your trying to remove a file from a CD which can't be done.

[kriket]

Hi Lorraine Yes you were right and I feel stupid,I thought it was a clean disc and just ran same disc now and saw it.Thank You so much I wish I could help you someday. Your friend Bobby

[lorraine]

Hi Bobby,

As you can see, both Gary and I were wondering in so many words in our last two posts if the disc was in the drive. I was just about to post another comment when I saw yours. This is what I was going to write: As you know, DVD-R discs are write once and you would not be successful in trying to write to such a disc that you had already burned. If it was a DVD-RW disc and if it had gotten finalized instead of being left open for adding more data you would run into the same problem of not being able to write to it.

"Happy burning" from this point forward and if you want to help, look at Gary's home page (full of valuable information) and look at the link to send a donation to help out the site. It's right above the 11-tip package link.

[online_fixes]

Many times we over think a computer problem right away (Me Included). Always look for the simple things first!!