CD/DVD-Drive PnP

In Win8.1SE (i think also in Win8PESE and Win7PESE) an empty CD/DVD drive isn't shown in explorer.
And if a CD or DVD is inserted while Win8.1SE is running, the CD filesystem isn't mounted.
If access to a CD or DVD is necessary, the disk must be inserted before Win8.1SE has booted.

Any solution for this isssue?

fuwi

If access to a CD or DVD is necessary, the disk must be inserted before Win8.1SE has booted.

The CD/DVD-ROM is available in disk management but the drive letter is not assigned, here.
If it is the same for you, you can manually assign the drive letter
I do not have, on my side, the solution to make it automatically or at startup.
Also, indeed, we have the same issue in Win7, 8, 8.1 PESE

 

I'm working on a startup-utility, which checks all existent CD/DVD drives in the system. If a drive has no drive letter, a free drive letter will be assigned automatically.
I hope, in a few hours i can post it for testing.

fuwi

great, take your time 

Hi Chris

Here it is:
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It works for me, even if more then one DVD drive without a driveletter is present

It don't know, what is the best for autorun. AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x seems not to start in Autorun:

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ExtractFile,%ScriptFile%,Test,AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x,%Target_Sys%
AddAutoRun,AssignDvdDrvLtr,#$pSystemRoot#$p\System32\AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x,,4

For testing: AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3, AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x and AssignDvdDrvLtr.exe are in AssignDvdDrvLtr.7z

Fuwi

Edit: AssignDvdDrvLtr.exe dont work in x64 build. A 64-bit compiled version is necessary.
AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3 is also not running, do to the #include.
So AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x whould be perfect, but it doesn't start in start in Autorun...   

Next i try to start AssignDvdDrvLtr.a3x in autorun.cmd...

Fuwi

Seems the LetterSwap tool with option /HideLetter removes the letter.

OH, Yes, of course that's it, well seen

Thanks for AssignDvdDrvLtr fuwi, good example of using diskpart in au3, to keep
I have not checked if StringReplace( ,"Volume ".. ) is localized.

I'll remove /HideLetter in the default option, thanks 

Thanks for AssignDvdDrvLtr fuwi, good example of using diskpart in au3, to keep
I have not checked if StringReplace( ,"Volume ".. ) is localized.

I think, the diskpart identifier "Volume" is the same in all OS languages and is not localized. I checked this e.g in german OS:


Just for fun, i made some modifications in AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3. Now it runs directly in Win8.1SE (and other projects), no need to compile it.
And i found a way to autostart a .au3 file with AddAutoRun:

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ExtractFile,%ScriptFile%,Folder,AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3,%Target_Sys%
AddAutoRun,AssignDvdDrvLtr,%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe,/c#$sstart#$s#$pSystemRoot#$p\System32\AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3,4

I have tested in x86 and in x64 build, works perfect 

But if we get the same by removing the option "/HideLetter" in LetterSwap tool, then my AssignDvdDrvLtr.au3 is useless... 

 AssignDvdDrvLtr.7z (1.61 kB - downloaded 163 times.)

fuwi

For fun also and to know
"Volume" does not seem to be localized for western language, it is also OK here in french.
But unfortunately, like other dos commands, it does not look good in other languages (with the advanced search):

Russian:


Simplified Chinese: http://hi.csdn.net/attachment/201109/28/0_1317178058XYcc.gif

In the LetterSwap plugin, I removed the /HideLetter switch in the default Autorun string 

hello fuwi, ChrisR and all the other.
I have the some problem as you in your first entry.
I have solved it like this:
I build a script whit your "AssignDvdDrvLtr.7z" and copy the license for "au3" (penetwork.script) in it.
Then add a line for Autorun for the script. finished
Thanks for this verry god work !

Good! 

But if you read the postings above, you can see, the real reason for these hidden cd/dvd-drives is a default-setting in the LetterSwap script.
If you delete the substring '/HideLetter' in Apps -> System Tools -> LetterSwap (Autorun string) then the problem is solved without my 'AssignDvdDrvLtr'

The Autorun string should look like this:


Make sure that the LetterSwap script is selected. Now you can delete the 'AssignDvdDrvLtr' script and make a new build.

fuwi