PC Wont Read .ISO?!

I have always used .ISO for EMU and game installs.. Now for some reason my PC can't read .ISO files. What could cause this, now it just shows them as the rantometcfile.ISO but the icon is the can't read or run this icon. Daemon loads them, but its like they aren't loaded.. WTF? I have no idea whats going on.. I haven't uninstalled anything, was this maybe some windows update? Well actually I did uninstall the Windows antivirus/spyware crap.

Some ISO files don't have an auto run file that triggers when the ISO is loaded so it looks like it hasn't done anything. Tried right clicking on the loaded drive then "Explore"?

If you can't mount them at all into a virtual drive then are you manually mounting them through Daemon Tools or just double clicking the file trying to make it work somehow?

... Not really sure what your problem is from your post.

http://www.winmount.com/

Try that maybe?

Well I have old ISO files on my PC, used em a million times. But when I try to use em now, its like my PC just wont read the ISO files. Like they are all corrupt now. They used to have the CD icon, now they are just a windows unreadable file icon.

Sounds like the default program you've used for them has changed. Right click on any .ISO file and select "Open with", browse for the Daemon Tools .exe file (mine is in Program Files -> DAEMON Tools Lite and is called DTLite.exe). Once you've selected "Open" for the .exe file it should appear on the list of programs to open the .ISO with. Make sure the check box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is ticked then click "OK" at the bottom. This should fix your problem if it's somehow changed the default program from Daemon Tools to something else.

I believe I found the issue. When I go to device manager it says my A9VU5VPU IDE controller has no driver installed.. When I google for this i cant find anything but 2 worthless links. So how do I go about repairing this?

You know your computer can't do anything with ISO files without the use of a program such as Daemon Tools or the actual game emulator, right? It has nothing to do with your computer's drivers or anything other than your virtual drive mounting program.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/696/how_use_open_bin_cue_iso_files/

How exactly are you trying to load them? Maybe a screenshot of your problem might help as I'm still not quite sure what your problem is exactly lol. :/

With Daemon lol.. I have always used Daemon. But it fails to install the driver every time I try to make a virtual drive.

It always says that DtSoftBusCd00 failed to install the driver.

This is likely to be blindingly obvious, but you have uninstalled/reinstalled daemons tools right?

uninstall the device, uninstall DTlite, reinstall, reboot and then try again

edit: doesn't sound like your files are corrput just dt.

if that won't work, download a program I used to use: alcohol 120% (the free one) however it's only a trial.

I have 3 times. Even when i do, it shows that the device above in Device Manager is missing the driver. Maybe its just a Windows 7 error or the fact that I uninstalled Microsoft Essentials (spyware etc scanner) But when I look on Daemon forums i am not the only person seeing this issue now.

I used to use Alcohol 120% alot, but unless you pay cant you not mount images, just make or burn them?

I'ma go out on a limb here, you using an IBM/Lenovo Thinkcentre?

MSE is a very decent anti-malware.

remove the thing from device manager.

it very well may be an issue with windows, but to isolate it won't be fun, and I doubt it has anything to do with removing MSE, as it's not part of windows natively.

They changed it then, used to be able to do it all up to 30 days, hmm.

My DVD/CD Rom is also not showing up in My Computer folder.. Its like all disc drives are not working yet everything else is.

Have you tried Virtual Clonedrive?

tbh it sounds like some part of windows got corrupted or there's some serious malware issue.

Nah, no malware. Something had to have got *** up when I uninstalled MSE. Because everything was fine until this happened.

doubt that, and like I said uninstalling MSE won't hurt anything...

however at times removing certain malware will cause issues.

I haven't had a virus or any Malware in a long time. I did however though also Uninstall Norton 360 at the same time. But that shouldn't cause any issues either.

sure...and I'd expect a lot more problems from removing any norton software in comparison...

Is there any REAL program that can check all Windows files and drivers? Id rather not do a system recovery.

sfc /scannow in Windows/Run is it safe? I have never used it.

try a system restore yet? forgot to ask

No every time I do, it all goes ***.. May as well just re-install windows if I try that.

sounds like your computer has more problems than just one if system-restore doesn't work properly...

MSE is a fine program, never use norton.

windows 7 has a backup feature, if you have extra hard drive space (preferably an extra drive) set up your automatic backups and that way you won't lose everything next time.

At least backup your files before you reinstall, but without looking it seems to be the easiest solution.

and ya that sfc is part of windows

have to run as admit though if you don't have the protection turned off

Tried some other things including opening up my tower and disconnecting and reconnecting the cables, still nothing. Im pretty sure having no CD or DVD ROM is also why it will not let me install virtual drives ; ; Will just keep messing with it.

And as for System Recovery my Windows 7 CD is downloaded and I use V Drives to install windows haha.. Either way I just don't like System Restores, takes forever and always messes something up. Just gonna have to find a way to fix this without.

that's silly, but just for reference do you have another computer with a disc drive and or a blank usb stick that you have access to?

and can that pc boot from usb?

I contacted Microsoft Live chat support and he took over my PC and logged through some type of events log, and registry files. He said i had polymorphic polygons or something type of malware infection. He said it does it on purpose because since I have no CD Roms I cant re-install windows. Either way after that he pretty much told me I had to pay him like 200 dollars to fix it all manually. Guess that's Microsoft for you...

Any ideas how I can do this myself? Or any programs or registry cleaners that could maybe help me? I am not a PC noob by all means, I am just not sure what to do now.. I can't afford for Microsoft to do it.

ATM I am downloading Nod 32 antivirus. PC reviews forums etc were very clear this was the best antivirus you can buy. But even so, according to googling some types of malware the only way to fix types like this is to manually change and remove registry and windows core files.