On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you use the Win32_EncryptableVolume Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class to check whether drives are encrypted or not, the floppy disk drive lights and the CD drive or DVD drive lights flash unexpectedly during the query process. This issue occurs even when you explicitly specify the drives to query.

Note: The Win32_EncryptableVolume WMI provider class represents an area of storage on a hard disk that can be protected by using BitLocker Drive Encryption. Only NTFS volumes can be encrypted.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a computer that is running Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium, you have pictures that are stored on a hard disk drive.
• In Windows Vista Media Center, you use the Library Setup Wizard to add the root of the hard disk drive to the list of folders that Media Center watches for media files.
• You start the Burn CD/DVD Wizard in Media Center, you add pictures from Picture Library from the folder that represents the root of the hard disk drive, and then you start the burn process.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

BURN FAILURE
An error has occurred in burning the CD/DVD

CD/DVD drive does not appear in Windows Vista, or you receive the following error message during Windows Vista setup after booting from the DVD:

A required CD/DVD driver device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.

When you use Windows Media Player to burn a CD or a DVD in Windows Vista, the CD or DVD burner drive may not be visible in Windows Media Player.

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Consider the following scenario:

• You share the optical drive of a Windows Vista-based computer, and then you insert a CD or DVD disc into the drive.
• You use a network connection to access the disc from a second Windows Vista-based computer.
• You replace the disc with a different disc.
• You try to access the new disc from the second computer by using the same network connection.

In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

The wrong diskette is in the drive.
Insert correct diskette into drive \\path_of_shared_disc\name_of_shared_disc

If you restart the second computer, you can access the new disc by using the network connection.

When you try to burn an audio CD by using Windows Media Player 11 on a Windows Vista-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

Please insert a blank disc.

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:

• Roxio Easy Media Creator 9.0 is installed on the computer.
• The Drag-to-Disc feature in Roxio Easy Media Creator is enabled.
• The User Account Control (UAC) feature is enabled.

When you insert a CD or a DVD, Windows Vista may not recognize the disc. If you double-click the disc drive in Windows Explorer after you insert the disc, you receive the following error message:

Insert disk
Please insert a disk into Drive (DriveLetter:).

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• An audio device is disabled.
• Windows Media Player is already running when you insert the disc.

Consider the following scenario. You use the Mastered file system format to copy files to a CD or to a DVD on a Windows Vista-based computer. You click Burn to disc on the toolbar to burn the files to the disc. Before the computer finishes burning the files to the disc, you put the computer to sleep. In this scenario, the disk creation does not finish after you wake the computer from sleep. You receive an error message that resembles the following:

There was an error burning this disc. The disc may no longer be usable.