Can someone plz help me with my computer. I have a problem, i have 2 drives, and one is a DVD-RAM/RW drive and another is a CD-RW/R drive. The problem is that when windows starts it doesnt show them in "My Computer" and when i look at the BIOS screen thing it does show them, but cant run them when windows starts. So does anyone know how to fix this?
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Jump to PostAre the drives listed in Device Manager, and if so, are they reported to be working properly?
Also- there is a documented problem with "disappearing" CD/DVD devices in Windows. Please see this post for more info and a possible solution.
Jump to PostPlease post the exact errors from Device Manager, including the error codes (if they're given).
If you read the Microsoft article referenced in the post I linked to above, you'll see that certain CD/DVD driver errors in Device Manager are indicative of the Registry problem described in the article. The …
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