your drive could of died. did you try a new cable? I doubt it is that if you installed another cdrw and it worked. I think you have to uninstall your old cdrw and then shut down and install the new...

Ok but the dvd-rw icon has a disk with an pencil eraser on it.
the cd-rw is a benq and it says cd-rom under the icon. I was wondering if you can change it to look like the dvd-rw. not that it...

IDE cable is the flat ribbon cable that connects your dvd-r or cd rom to the mother board. But never mind that becuase I didn't see that this is a laptop.
Sorry if you posted it before I didn't see...

well I fixed my whole problem with my drives but now win 2000 sees my cdrw as a cd rom. I noticed in another post that you can change it in the regedit on win xp. is there a way to do this in win...

what type of drive is it and what OS are you running?
Have you changed your ide cable to a new one?
what software are you using to burn cds?
if its a new dvdrw you might need a eide cable, I was...

Thanks
I did that after I posted and everything seems fine for now. I also took the new ide cable out and put a eide cable in its place. Not sure if it was the cables that I was using, but its...

ok this might solve my other problem.
I have the IDE cable plugged into my mobo and then the other 2 connectors, the first connector goes to my cdrw which right now is not plugged in and has no...

Nope still the same thing, for now I am just using the dvdrw.
One of the guys from are IT dept. came over and looked at and he couldn't figure it out either. Still waiting for someone to figure it...

try pressing F2 or DEL at bootup and it should take you right into the bios

ok I tried a new ide cable still the same thing.
than I put the jumpers on cable select, now it is missing dvdrw.
took jumpers off both drives,still no dvdrw.
unplugged cdrw and the dvdrw is...

I tried to get drivers from lite on and benq but they don't have them.
cdrw is a benq 2410 firm a23
dvdrw is a lite on sohw-1633s firm 8soh.
I also removed them and reinstalled them both.
I tried...

what operating system?
and yes you can store the drivers on the 10 gig drive as far as password protecting it not sure about that, but if your 40 gig drive gets corrupt than all your drivers and...

I have a dvd-rw and a cd-rw.
they worked fine for over a year, then one day they both stopped reading cds.I would have to reboot the system to read a cd. so I got new drives but both new drives are...

I have a dvd/rw and a cd/rw on the same system and they cant read anything now. the OS is win 2000 pro.
It just started the other day, any ideas???