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    Can anyone expand on this, or walk me through it?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by davidhill76, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. davidhill76

    davidhill76 Newbie

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    it's to fix my CD-ROM drive
    all help is appreciated!
     
    davidhill76, Dec 13, 2007
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    The easiest way would be to do as the writer says and save it as a .reg file. Use Notepad, copy the text into notepad then go 'Save As'. Select all files as the file type then enter something like 'CDROM fix.reg' as the file name. Save it wherever you like. Close notepad, then go to the file and double click on it. You will be asked something like 'Are you sure you want to add these entries to your registry?'. Select 'yes' and it will add them.

    HOWEVER! Create a System Restore point beforehand and BACK UP YOUR DATA! Playing with the registry is not to be taken lightly! Have you tried other options? What is the actual problem?

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    GrandAdmiral, Dec 13, 2007
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  3. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    Click start menu, click run..., type in "regedit" without quotes, navigate following those paths, and then set those values.

    Before you do this though, open up regedit and click file > export. This will backup your registry.
     
    Arki, Dec 13, 2007
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    First of all, create a System Restore point by Control Panel > Backup and Restore Center > Create System Restore Point.

    Either open your Registry Editor by Start > Run, and typing "regedit" without quotes into the Run box. Then navigate to each of the strings shown in the text, and edit the info by clicking on the entry specified and changing the value, i.e. set "UpperFilters" to _ instead of whatever is written there.

    Or copy the text in the box into Notepad, and save as a .txt file. Then rename the file with a .reg extension, and run it.

    Hope this works! =^)

    And REMEMBER to set a System Restore Point!
     
    pixelot, Dec 13, 2007
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  5. Ghola

    Ghola Notebook Evangelist

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    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


    ;Fixes issues with cdrom drives not working properly


    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

    "UpperFilters"=-

    "LowerFilters"=-


    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

    "UpperFilters"=-

    "LowerFilters"=-



    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]

    "UpperFilters"=-

    "LowerFilters"=-

    Thought I'd expand on it.
     
    Ghola, Dec 13, 2007
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  6. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Ghola, my friend, that was extremely helpful.

    *sarcasm*
     
    pixelot, Dec 14, 2007
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