The drives for my CDRom and CD Burning are suddenly missing when I click on 'My Computer'. I am not sure when they went missing. I did a Belarc system check and they are not shown. My OS is WinXP Pro SP2.
Can I do something in system restore. Can I keep resetting system restore and go back day by day until they re-appear?
The drives for my CDRom and CD Burning are suddenly missing
Yup- they do that sometimes... :mrgreen:
* Download the attached xp_cd_dvd_fix.zip file.
* Right-click on the file and choose the "Extract all..." option; follow the Wizard's prompts to extract the enclosed xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs file.
* Double-click on xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs to run it. If you receive a confirmation or warning message asking if you really want to run the script, choose YES. When the script finishes running, you will get a message saying that it has done so, and that you should reboot.
* Reboot the computer, and then check Device Manager; your drives should be present again.
The type of computer doesn't actually make a difference when it comes to this particular problem.
Please run the "fix" script I provided in my last post; it repairs the Registry corruption which usually causes the "disappearing" CD/DVD drive syndrome.
DMR you are a star! Tried shutting down and rebooting a second time and lo and behold, my drives were back, That's probably why the call thempersonal computers. Thanks a million and thankyou to everyone for their help
Very cool; glad that worked!
I've had a couple of instances where a second reboot was needed as well; I'm not sure why it doesn't always take the first time.
* Right-click on the file and choose the "Extract all..." option; follow the Wizard's prompts to extract the enclosed xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs file.
* Double-click on xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs to run it. If you receive a confirmation or warning message asking if you really want to run the script, choose YES. When the script finishes running, you will get a message saying that it has done so, and that you should reboot.
* Reboot the computer, and then check Device Manager; your drives should be present again.
Thank you DMR it worked for me. Ive been tearing my hair out ALL day trying to fix it. :cheesy:
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