Fixing the cd-drive if iTunes has disabled it
Follow the directions on this link to reinstall your cd-drive. Make sure you have GEAR driver installed. It has worked perfectly for me. If you don't feel comfortable working in the registry, get someone to walk you through it. That's what I did.
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-77186-itunes-registry-settings-missing
here are the basic directions:
shine Mar 20, 2009 7:42pm GMT
Here is what I did to fix my problem with itunes registry settings missing and I couldnt burn cds.
Make sure you have iTunes installed (and if you uninstalled the GEAR driver reinstall it) Ok now go to the registry (start->run->regedit.exe) and look for "HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08 002BE10318}". Right click in the right section and select "New->Multi-String Value". Name it "UpperFilters". Right click on it and select "Modify" Enter "GEARAspiWDM" press enter to move to the next line and click ok) into the "Value Data". Restart and Voila it should be fixed. If not also try to make a "LowerFilters" and leave it blank.
I tried alot of other things but this worked, I have Windows xp
good luck
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