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Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by yokems, 2006/12/06.

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    yokems

    yokems Inactive Thread Starter

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    When I change a disk in my optical drive, it does not refresh, but retains the contents of the previous disk. I have updated the firmware on both my drives.
    Also I have reset the autorun in the registry back to autorun. The only way to refresh these drives is to reboot. My O.S. is Win. XP.
    Thank you.
    Yokems.
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    This little reg tweak has been known to help:

    Automatically Refresh File Lists in Explorer

    Change the value of UpdateMode in HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update from 01 to 00
     
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    yokems

    yokems Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks Steve, I think changing the value in update mode did the trick. I tried a couple of disks and so far the drives are refreshing. Just what do the values 01 and 00 represent?
    Again, thanks.
     
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    PeteC

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    I suspect ON or OFF
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Sounds good to me:p
    That or it's F5 on Steroids.
     
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