None of my CD drives are visable in the burning dialog

WaveLab
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Over the weekend all my CD/DVD drives disappeared from the burning dialog in WL 8.5.3 and 9.0 so now the only option is DDP. Ideas? WL 6 works fine and I can burn CDs and all the drives show up. All the drives show up just fine in the device manager. I removed Quicktime as instructed on the WWW.

-TOM-

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I advise to download “Driver_Installer_x86_x64.exe”
from this page:

and run it.

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Did that - no change.

I did do what Homeland Security said to do and removed QuickTime from my PC over the weekend.

Here is a link to what they said Homeland Security warns Windows PC users to uninstall Quicktime

Removing QT should not affect CD Burners should it?

WL6 works fine, WL 8.5.3 and WL 9 shows no drives only DDP Adobe Audition and Sound Forge and Samplitude all show all drives. Gotta be a WL 8.5.3 and WL 9 problem.

I reinstalled WL 9 but the problem is still there

I also reinstalled QT just to be on the safe side. No change- still the same problem.

I need to get this figured out!!! and soon. We had to burn the DDP on our MacPro which worked fine.

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Removing QT should not affect CD Burners should it?

Yes it can, because it has CD drivers. Hence the uninstaller must have changed something.
I think your registry has been modified.

Try stuff from this page:
http://www.gearsoftware.com/wiki/index.php?title=Determining_if_GEARAspi_drivers_are_installed_correctly

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Spent some time this morning doing what they suggested and it worked. The registry was a mess! We even got the one drive that would not show up in WL 8.5.l3 and WL 9 to show up. Thanks much for the help as always. You are the BEST! :smiley:

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Hi,

That GEAR Software Inc. website is no longer accessible.
I’m having the same problem with two optical drives (BD-R & DVD-R), but WaveLab Elements 10 is showing “No Device”.

Thank you,

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Try here

regards S-EH

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WaveLab Elements 11.2 does not need anymore a Gear driver.

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Thanks dear,

I appreciate the reply.

I actually thought that the GEAR Software was for specific hardware, but I think that their driver download page is still accessible from their navigation bar at the top.

I also found another solution regarding a BIOS setting that could be affecting this, am I correct?

Anyway, I might even upgrade if I really get tired of the version I have.

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Thank you, dear.

I believe that you mean their Driver download section?

Because I don’t think that I need their $599 GEAR PRO Mastering Edition 8.10 software as I am happy with my WaveLab Elements 10.50 for now.