Cannot see the files or folders in the CD in XPE SP2 environment

[Chip]

Hi,

I developed an XPE image and started my image in the formatted test drive
with no problem. When I used Windows Explorer in XPE to open E:\ drive
(CD/DVD ROM), I couldn’t see anything inside the CD. But I could see the
files and folders inside the CD through XP Pro in the same computer. I went
to Folder Options in Windows Explorer to allow viewing files with any
extensions and any hidden files and I still couldn’t see anything inside the
CD in XPE. Did I miss CD-ROM driver component(s) in my embedded image?

I used the Device Manager to take a look of my CD-ROM in XPP. It is a “_NEC
DVD +-RW ND-3650A”. Driver File Details in Device Manager also reveals the
following files: cdrom.sys, dlacdbhm.sys, drvmcdb.sys, imapi.sys,
pxhelp20.sys, redbook.sys, and storprop.dll in system32 in System32 or
System32\DRIVERS folder.

I could only locate NEC CD-ROM Drive component in Component Browser of
Target Designer and I added it to my configuration. I checked dependencies
and built the image. After the new XPE image booted up, I still couldn’t see
the content inside the CD with Windows Explorer. I took a look of other
CD-ROM related components in the Component Browser in Target Designer, there
are so many. I couldn’t tell the differences among those “CD-ROM Drive”
components. What did I miss? Can I create my custom component based on the
list of files from Device Manager? How do you pros approach this kind of
problem?

Regards,

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Chip

[KM]

Chip,

Looks like your image is missing CDFS/UDFS components (CD/DVD file systems).

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Regards,
KM

[Chip]

Hi KM,

I added CDFS and UDFS components into my image and now I can see the content
of my CD. This seems also fix my other problem of not being able to copy
files from CD to hard drive by using CopyFileEx() API call. I think
CopyFileEx() depends on CDFS file system to copy file. Thanks KM for fixing
my problem again.

Regards,
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Chip