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cannot find cdrom or dvd
Name: jiggyshaft Date: October 4, 2005 at 07:57:07 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: 528
Comment:
I have my cd-rom as the master and the dvd as the slave. None of them show up on My Computer. What could I be doing wrong. I have also tried each drive seprately(each as a master) and they also do not show up on My Computer. When I start up my computer, I notice that it does recognize that I have it hooked up.
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: October 4, 2005 at 10:11:00 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure the IDE controllers they're connected to are enabled in cmos/bios setup.
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: October 4, 2005 at 12:11:20 Pacific
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Go to the Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. See if they are recognized there.
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Response Number 3
Name: jiggyshaft Date: October 4, 2005 at 17:45:12 Pacific
Reply:
they are hooked up and recognized...
any more ideas?
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Response Number 4
Name: Night Date: October 5, 2005 at 06:00:27 Pacific
Reply:
Go into the Device manager in your Control Panel. Click the "+" beside the CD/DVD-ROM line. If you see your CD/DVD-ROM, right click on it/them and then Uninstall. Restart the computer and have WindowsXP reinstall the drivers for that CD/DVD-ROM. After you get back in and Windows still hasn't detected your CD/DVD-ROM, I would go download a spyware remover such as Adaware or Spybot (both free). Let us know how it goes.
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