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Hi my hard disk drive D: appears in "DEVICE MANAGER" but does not appear in "MY COMPUTER" How do i get it to appear in "MY COMPUTER"?
1) Please read the following Microsoft support article (especially the "Symptoms" section), which describes the particular CD/DVD drive problem we've mostly been dealing with in this thread:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

2) If your symptoms are the same as those described in the support article, follow the instructions for downloading and using the xp_cd_dvd_fix script that I supplied back in the 4th post in this thread.

3) If your symptoms are not exactly the same, please give us as much specific detail concerning your problem as possible (the text of any errors you receive, some history concerning the onset of the problem, details of all troubleshooting procedures you've tried so far, etc.).
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DMR...all I have to say is thanks. I just realized that one of my drives had vanished and luckily I had found this thread. Thanks for providing the fix.
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You're welcome; glad we could help!
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Do you use a Desktop PC or Notebook?
I have the same problem now. and i am using Notebook. please help
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Aug 26th, 2008
one of three things:

software issue or corruption causing it to be dissappeared

listed under a different drive letter

hardware failure (either the cable, controller, or the drive itself)


Can you run cd's on your pc?? if you can, it's a glitch. if you can't, it's a problem.

if you can run a cd when the pc reboots, do a repair install
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Thanks... my DVD drive has been out for weeks so I finally decided to block out time today. This fix was fast, easy and it worked!!! One problem remains...while I can play DVD's and CD's, via WMP, I cannot view the contents via explorer.

I'll try rebooting later (working on a project)... in the meantime...any more tips would be much appreciated.
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Thanks DMR, another satisfied customer.
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