Waldner

Thanks. I'll look into the FCT - steep learning curve ahead, methinks!

Stephen. You. Are. A. Genius! I deleted six oem<nn>.inf files that mentioned Net MD, as you suggested, followed Avrin’s 5 steps, and downloaded your ‘NetMD driver (NETMD052) for all 32-bit Windows’. I then plugged in my RH1 and installed the driver. There was a slightly anxious wait as Windows decided whether to install it successfully – and, hey presto, it worked! I then went into SonicStage 4.3 and uploaded an hour’s SP live-recorded Net MD material – and it took only six minutes to upload! To say I am grateful would be a ridiculous understatement: I really can’t thank you enough! That you would go out of your way to help me, an anonymous individual on the Internet who you don't know from Adam - well, you’ve restored my faith in humanity! Many thanks again Waldner

Thanks for your reply again, Stephen. My brother-in-law, the tech expert in our family, installed the 32-bit version – I’ll have to ask him why! So, I followed steps 1 to 5 in Avrin’s post that you linked to. In step 5 (removing the 'phantom' devices), there were no instances of 'Net MD' or 'Sony USB Device' in Universal Serial Bus controllers, and no instances of 'SONY Hi-MD WALKMAN USB Device' in Disk drives; there were a few phantom instances of 'Generic volume' in Storage Volumes, which I deleted. I then plugged in my RH1 with a Net MD inside, but the problem is exactly the same as outlined in my previous two posts: the screen on the RH1 is either blank, or says ‘ACCESS’, but never actually accesses anything; the RH1 does not install a driver; in Device Manager I get the same message as before that ‘The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)’. I checked in C:WindowsSystem32drivers and C:Program FilesSonyPersonal Audio Driver, and deleted all instances of NETMD031.sys, NETMD033.sys and NETMDUSB.sys (not sure if this was the right thing to do). There were no instances of NETMD052.sys. I then followed steps 1 to 5 in Avrin’s post again, and plugged in my RH1 with the same result. Any further help you could give would be much appreciated. I’ve definitely come to the right place with this forum!

Many thanks for your quick reply. I downloaded the 'NetMD Driver 64-bit Win7 or Vista' driver, extracted it and placed it in the Sony Personal Audio Driver folder, as instructed in the video tutorial. I followed through the rest of the steps in the tutorial, but was thwarted when I tried to install the new driver. The message I received was the same one I have received previously: 'Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device. Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. Net MD. Driver is not intended for this platform. If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support section for driver software.' Is the fact that I am on Windows 32-bit, rather than 64-bit relevant? Any further help or advice you could give would be much appreciated. Many thanks again Waldner

I’m a newcomer to this forum and not a technical expert or very knowledgeable about MiniDiscs, so I apologise in advance if I say something naive or foolish. I have a large (200 or so), precious collection of Net MDs that I would like to upload to my PC running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. A few years ago, I purchased an MZ-RH1 for accomplishing that very purpose and uploaded a small fraction of my collection with no problems at all. (I think I was using XP or Vista at that time.) Now, as I said, I am on Windows 7 32-bit, and I want to upload the remainder of my collection, but am encountering severe problems, which are as follows: When I plug my MZ-RH1 into the PC with a Net MD inside, its display is blank and it is not recognized by Windows (the display works normally when not plugged into the PC); When I check under 'Devices and Printers' in Control Panel, 'Net MD/Hi-MD' is showing with a yellow warning triangle indicating a problem; When I right-click on this icon and check under properties, it says: 'The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)', although I have in fact got Sony’s Personal Audio Driver installed (http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/MZ-RH1/downloads/pad); When I try to 'Update Driver', 'Browse my computer for driver software', and select the Personal Audio Driver under C:Program FilesSonyPersonal Audio Driver, I am informed: 'Windows was not able to install your Unknown Device. Windows could not find driver software for your device. If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support section for driver software'; If instead of 4. above, I try 'Update Driver' and 'Search automatically for updated driver software', I receive the message: 'Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device. Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. Net MD. Driver is not intended for this platform. If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support section for driver software.' I am at a loss as to how to proceed further. As far as I understand it, driver problems with Windows 7 relate to the 64-bit version, but I am using the 32-bit version. Is there another driver I can download? Or is there something I am missing? If anyone can offer any suggestions, I would be very grateful. Many thanks Waldner