Windows 10: DVD RW on Windows 10 installs as CDrom and I'm at a loss

Hi...Help...Please...

My system is a Windows 10 Home Edition custom build with 8 core AMD, 12 GB of RAM, 64 bit Operating System and everything worked great till I had to install a new hard drive. Moved from a 500GB drive to a 6TB drive - due to errors on the original drive - New fresh install of Windows 10 Home - got all my partitions going, Steam, Origin, and even Blackboard for my Masters Course-work - but when I plug in my DVD RW drive ( says it is an: ATAPI iHAS124), it installs as a CDrom, will not recognize any disc whether it is DVD or CD or Burnable - and tells me the system does not recognize my request. Now I'm tech savy but this is over my head. I have installed, uninstalled, updated, driver fixed, scanned, and even looked at code. I'm ready to take the drive out and use it as a freesbie but I need my RW to work!!!!! Please - any advice - I'm a (literally) poor college guy and need help.

Thanks in advance!!


MikeakaSmitty

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SATA DVD-RW Drives

Hey Guys,

So, I finally just bought my new rig: EVGA A1 Mobo (w/ 6 SATA Slots), 2 WD Raptors (SATA - Gonna RAID 0 Boot), 4 Seagate 320GB Barracuda's (SATA - Gonna RAID 5 Storage).
However, I realized I also bought 2 DVD-RW drives, in SATA *Eek! not enough SATA ports on the mobo...

So a couple of questions follow:
1) Is SATA really faster for DVD-RW drives than IDE?
2) Is there anyway to Inline/Series the (2) SATA DVD-RW drives, kinda like you do with IDE (Master/Slave)?
3) Are there any SATA-->IDE reverse adaptors (not the opposite, I know those exist)?
4) Based on the above answers, should I:

• a) Get a PCI-E SATA RAID Card to Handle One of the RAID Arrays, and keep the DVD-RW drives as SATA? (although those are dang expensive, AND I don't know where that PCI Card is gonna fit - got an 8800gtx, PCI Slot-Cooler, Wifi card... an extra slot but no room down there)
• b) Return the DVD-RW SATA drives and get (2) IDE DVD-RW drives?
• Another option that won't require me spending a lot of money?

Eesh, I'm kinda stuck on my build if I don't have a CD Drive to read from for Windows Install(I don't have any extra ones sittin around - and I want to install my RAID 5 Storage array right away)

Suggestions?*Confused

 

External DVD/RW not recognized withWindows 10

Hi Jenny,

 

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



This circumstance can occur if the device hardware fails or if the device driver fails.



I suggest you to uninstall the Universal Serial Bus Controller
associated with the external DVD/RW (Cnm) and reinstall it from the manufacturer’s website and check if it helps.



To uninstall the drivers from device manager follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X and click on
  Device Manager.
• Expand Universal Serial Bus Controller.
• Find the Cnm DVD/RW drive.
• Right click on the driver and select Uninstall.

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have any further related query.



Thank you.

 

Can't Format Dvd-RW? (Windows 10)

Hi Hayden,

In order for us to properly address your issue with formatting a DVD-R/RW disc, we'd like to ask a few questions.

• Are you getting any error messages when formatting a DVD-R/RW disc?If yes, what is the exact error message?
  
• Have you tried formatting a DVD-R/RW disc to other DVD-R/RW drive?
• Have you tried inserting other disc like DVD movies or mp3 disc to check if the DVD-R/RW drive is working?

Looking forward to your response.