My DVD writer/burner doesn't read any CD/DVD anymore

[IncogNico]

I installed Daemon Tools because I needed to mount an image of a software copy (well, that's what it said in the recommended manual). After installing and trying to mount it, I realized I was missing a component to get the programme to work properly.
So never mind, I dismounted the 'extra' station icon that appeared under my disks range.

I only have 1 DVD-RW installed, a Samsung-SH S223F/BEBE SATA 22X. It's indicated as drive "E:". Another (phantom?) device is supposedly a CD-station (F. Under the Management Console (dunno is this is the correct translation, it's in Dutch for me), this comes out as TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223F ATA Device. So that's ok. No indication of an error according to the log, it should work fine.

Under location it says these parameters:
Location 0 (Channel 1, Target 0, Lun1). Are these settings ok or not?

So the entire Daemon software is uninstalled and all these stations should be unmounted. But my DVD-rw can't read anything anymore.
I already uninstalled the entire DVD-RW from the Management Consule. I can insert any disk - a DVD, a game, a normal CD with graphs and image galleries... nothing. When I click the station icon in My Computer, it gives the message "E:\ Application not found". Sometimes, when I just inserted a CD in there, I see it look for content (the driver icon has a spinning arrow over it), but gives the message 'insert a CD disk' ??

Can anyone get my DVD-RW to work properly again?
Suggested solutions please !
My OS is Vista 64-bit.

Never thought Daemon tools could hijack a DVD station like that...

[Blazkowicz]

Disable "Hide..." emulation option.

[IncogNico]

Is that an option under settings of the drive in the Explorer map, or somewhere within the Management console?

(Sorry, I'm not very used to tweaking drive and hardware settings)

[IncogNico]

I've tried the following: I re-installed the evaluation copy of Daemon Tools Pro, so now I've got this virtual drive G: (HD-dvd rom station).
I went into the Daemon Tools pro, went to 'Preferences' under the Tools bar, then under 'Advanced' I could clearly see that 'SafeDisc' was NOT marked - right as it should since it is said here (CD/DVD-ROM Troubleshooting )
that this setting messes with the proper reading of a cd or dvd.

But still, whenever I put on a cd or dvd, I hear the reader spinning, looking for data, but then it ejects the disk and asks to put on a proper cd...

Pretty annoying... what to undo???

[Blazkowicz]

The option i meant is in DT Pro and DT Lite/Preferences/Advanced/Hide CD-R.

Also emulation options should be only active if they are really of need, e. g. when running burned disks to start copy protection applications/games.

[IncogNico]

Everything under the Advanced tab is unchecked...

But that doesn't do the trick... !?
I doubt if rebooting now will make any difference. If I'd uninstall the evaluation copy of DT , why then can't the DVD-RW read any normal CD or DVD disk anymore...

(Mind you: i'm not interested in mounting files anymore, it seems all settings are as they should, DaemonTools advanced settings are all 'off')

So, no effect on the reading ability of the DVD-rw... it's not reading properly.

Could we go step-by-step in getting the solution together?

many thanks sofar for your help!