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Old 08-09-2008, 12:39 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Vista won't recognize drives.

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Originally Posted by carnageX View Post
If I remember right, there's a registry problem that sometimes causes this. Do you have iTunes installed? Try uninstalling it, and see if your drives appear then. I found this out after a while of searching while working on a client's Vista machine. I'll try to find the webpage I used....but it was a while ago lol.

Edit: did a quick google and Apple has a troubleshoot page...I believe this is what I had to do: Optical drives not recognized in Windows Vista after installing iTunes 7
That registry tweak got it. Thanks a lot man. I hate iTunes, but my sister needs it for her iPod. At least I won't have to deal with iTunes once my computer gets here.

Thanks to Mak, Silver, and lazer as well for their suggestions.
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