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I believe it's been Windows nature since NT/Win2K to report the drive as according to what the last optical disc was used in it...
Least that's how XP acts here...hmm, when I insert an audio CD in my laptop, it now states

DVD RW Drive (F:)
Audio CD


My guess, is it depends on the OS. XP was released I believe just before DVD went mainstream, so it kind of only half-understands it; Vista and 7 were released afterwards so have full understanding.Just as I thought. The DVD-ROM drive is installed, and detected as a Samsung DVD-ROM SD-612 under the bios, and is detected in Windows 95 as a CD-ROM under Windows EXPLORER. The device manager showed it as a DVD-ROM.

Speaking of the analog audio, I had to choose the F: drive while in the multimedia part of the control panel to get it to work. The Riven DVD ran just fine. The analog audio cable is going from the DVD-ROM drive to the AUX input of the sound card.

One other thing I have to mention is that one of my CD-ROM games for MS-DOS, Stonekeep, had some issues with the Goldstar CD-ROM drive at the top of the tower. Certain conversations that take place during the game would get interrupted by the Goldstar drive spinning up. It's not so with the Samsung drive. However, to get Stonekeep to run using the drive installed today, I had to reinstall the program from the disc as it was asking for the E: drive. (Changing the line in the config file in the game's directory didn't help for some reason.)It is annoying to see my DVD in the midst of drives and partitions.
Looks messy
Just assign your CD/DVD as drive "K" or beyond ...
and windows will assign consecutive letters for...
new partitions, drives and removable storage Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 05, 2010, 12:04:16 PM

It is annoying to see my DVD in the midst of drives and partitions.
Looks messy
Just assign your CD/DVD as drive "K" or beyond ...
and windows will assign consecutive letters for...
new partitions, drives and removable storage

Mine is X: and my swap file is on Z: which is hidden

Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 05, 2010, 10:45:58 AM
hmm, when I insert an audio CD in my laptop, it now states
DVD RW Drive (F:)
Audio CD
My guess, is it depends on the OS. XP was released I believe just before DVD went mainstream, so it kind of only half-understands it; Vista and 7 were released afterwards so have full understanding.
With no disc inserted, My Computer says DVD-RAM Drive, WinXP-Pro SP3. Could have something to do with drive firmware?Quote from: Computer_Commando on January 05, 2010, 01:46:51 PM
With no disc inserted, My Computer says DVD-RAM Drive

Is it an LG? Are you talking about the volume name or the drive type?

Quote from: Computer_Commando on January 05, 2010, 01:46:51 PM
With no disc inserted, My Computer says DVD-RAM Drive, WinXP-Pro SP3. Could have something to do with drive firmware?
XP says DVD-RAM for my LG drive as well When I connect it via VMWare; the host Vista System recognizes it as DVD-RW, and So does Windows 7 under VMWare.


Quote from: Salmon Trout on January 05, 2010, 01:55:21 PM
Is it an LG? Are you talking about the volume name or the drive type?
HP. Neither. See pic below.

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Quote from: Computer_Commando on January 05, 2010, 02:06:12 PM
HP. Neither. See pic below.

I see you have either Icon or Thumbnail view selected in My Computer (I'm not SURE which). As you will see (I hope) I have Details selected and you can see there is a "Name" COLUMN which shows the volume name for drives and would show the volume name for an optical disk if there was one inserted. As there is no disk in the drive, it shows "DVD-RAM drive" for the name, and as you will also see, "CD Drive" in the "Type" column. It is this "Type" entry that I have been referring to in my previous posts.

OK, in that case, Vista shows "CD Drive".

Actually, the reason for this is quite simple; chances are, Explorer is simply using the "GetDriveType() API call to acquire the device type. referring to the MSDN documentation on the function, and we see that the options are RELATIVELY limited, and don't extend to anything specific about a drive.Isn't a RAM drive used for splitting firewood ? ?Quote from: patio on January 05, 2010, 08:09:49 PM
Isn't a RAM drive used for splitting firewood ? ?
Or Coco Nuts.


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