Sunday, December 7, 2008

Prepare this blank disk error in Vista

The other day I had an issue where I went to read a DVD on my new Vista laptop. It gave me a message implying that it was a blank disk. I knew it wasn't. I created the disk (along with many others) using XP Pro and Nero 6. These DVD's have been fine in all the time I've been using them. All of a sudden it doesn't work on the new laptop. Turns out it's a bug in Vista. Do this: add a file to "c:\Users\%username%\AppData\local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Temporary Burn Folder\". It can be any file. Somehow it just works. Amazing!

I originally found the fix here: http://www.ashbaughonline.com/2007/06/01/burn-a-disc-prepare-this-blank-disk/

Good luck!

EDIT:
Turns out that during install of VMWare, it asks you to disable CDROM autorun. This disabling of autorun causes the "Prepare this Blank Disc" problem. Simply reenable autorun.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom

change "Autorun" value from "0" to "1"


I found the solution here: link: http://signpark.proboards81.com/inde...play&thread=34


Type rest of the post here

2 comments:

Unknown said...

hey thanks..i had this irritating problem for so long on my dell m1330 and what i used to do was disable the cd drive in device manger , then re enable and then use it..but now your solution has made life so much simple.. thanks a lot

Sean said...

Awesome! I feel your pain. This problem even exists in Windows 7 too. Kinda a dumb problem but nevertheless it's there. The fix is well documented on the Internet but I'm glad you found your answer here.