Solved Can't Access CD Drives/Virtual Drives

ragdim

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Been googling this for the last hour, and I still can't install a game via a virtual drive; keep getting "Windows cannot access specificed device, path, or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access". Using Win8

Checked the Cdrom registry key to see if it was disabled (it's not), and also checked gpedit to see if "prevent access to computer drives" was checked (it's not). Reinstalled daemon tools and deleted all virtual drives, unplugged cd drive cables, restarted, and reinstalled drivers, nothing. I'm at my wits end here.

Fwiw, I get the same msg when double clicking my physical drive with a cd in it. It says it's working when I check device properties, and I can right click either the physical or vd's and hit "open", and I can see that all the files are there, so it's working obviously. Tried 2 separate restore points from a week ago, still nothing. Thanks in advance.

P.S: tried wincdemu instead of daemon, and it didn't work. It created the virtual drive & brought up the loader, but when I click on the drive, it says access is denied. I then tried alcohol 120%, & didn't work either. I opened the iso from within alcohol, and inside the program it says the media is loaded onto the virtual drive, but no autoplay option pops up. Also, for both alcohol and wincdemu, there's no icon on the drive under my computer (with daemon, the virtual drive at least show the icon of the program I'm trying to run).
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    custom
    CPU
    athlon 2 x2 2.8 ghz
    Motherboard
    asus evo mtd
    Memory
    10gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    4850 radeon ati
    Browser
    firefox
    Antivirus
    avg
Try Disk management. t run it, type in disk management in the control panel search and click on Create and format hard drives under Admin. See if your CD and virtual drives show up there and have a drive letter.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit GA
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4770K Haswell
    Motherboard
    ASUS Z87-PRO
    Memory
    16 GB of Corsair 1866
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 780
    Sound Card
    Cooler Master Storm Headphones
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 27 inch U2711 IPS
    Screen Resolution
    2560 by 1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSD plus 2 3 TB drives
    PSU
    Corsair-750
    Case
    Corsair White Graphite Series 600T
    Cooling
    Corsair H00i Water
    Keyboard
    Corsair K90
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Laser
    Internet Speed
    6.3 MBps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MS
They all show up, and they also all show the title of the program I loaded onto them next to the drive letter. Still can't access them, though. Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    custom
    CPU
    athlon 2 x2 2.8 ghz
    Motherboard
    asus evo mtd
    Memory
    10gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    4850 radeon ati
    Browser
    firefox
    Antivirus
    avg
I managed to bypass this problem by using the virtual disc program here: Tools and utilities for Windows



Still gonna need to reinstall windows at some point since my computer is obviously wonky.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    custom
    CPU
    athlon 2 x2 2.8 ghz
    Motherboard
    asus evo mtd
    Memory
    10gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    4850 radeon ati
    Browser
    firefox
    Antivirus
    avg
Sometimes Optical Drives fall off the system bus, they power down and do not power back up when accessed like they should. Usually, restarting the machine fixes this.

I just fixed a laptop where the guy had dropped it, his Optical drive stopped working. But eventually it came back up. After hibernating then restarting a few times, the Optical Drive was no longer there until I rebooted again.

They are finicky that way, but I don't see how a Virtual Drive program can be affected.

Instead of Daemon Tools, I use UltraISO and MagicDisc, Magicdisc for mounting more than 1 drive permanently, I have a set of 8 CDs I mount this way.

I never had any trouble with the Windows 8 built in Virtual Drive
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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