Mounting image from non-virtual CD/DVD drive freezes Windows XP

[katk]

Symptoms:

Mounting an image from my non-virtual dvd drive freezes my windows xp, while mounting the same image from my hdd works fine. It's not connected particularly to any image files. It happens every time, with every image file.

My Relevant System Specs:

ThinkPad R61 7742-NCG notebook
- Lenovo Support & downloads - ThinkPad R61 7742-NCG support
- "Original description: T8300(2.4GHz), 1GB RAM, 160GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1440x900 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, FPR, 6c Li-Ion, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1" + 1GB RAM (2GB RAM total)

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
IDE Controller Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
SCSI/RAID Controller A20322L5 IDE Controller
Disk Drive HITACHI HTS542516K9SA00 (149 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N
Optical Drive XB7294T DBM842I SCSI CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Peripherals:
...
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835 [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836 [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A [NoDB]
USB Device TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor
USB Device USB HID
...

Windows XP Professional HU SP3 (5.1.2600.5512)
Daemon Tools Lite 4.12.3

If it's not enough, just ask...

Opinion:

I guess it's my cd/dvd drive. Or some kind of software bug (e.g. my firewall and fingerprint reader software in pair caused BSoDs)...
I think the error is in explorer.exe, not in daemon.exe.

Thanks.

[Blazkowicz]

You talked about BSODs. Could you post some minidumps (windows\minidump folder).

[katk]

Well, in the end I had to reinstall my system. So I don't have any minidumps. But I'm not experiencing the aforementioned problems, daemon tools is working as it should. I'll leave a post here, if I can determine which software was the cause of the problems (I haven't reinstalled everything, just the base system). I hope the symptoms won't turn up again.