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CD Drive is not detecting
Name: Corey Date: November 19, 2003 at 00:54:03 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: P4, 224mg
Comment:
My Cd Drive suddenly dissapeared, I am nearly 100% positive it is a virus because it happened after i downloaded some freeware. I scanned all files that i downloaded before i opened and Norton Antivirus didnt come up with anything. What viruses are out there? Is it fixable if so how do i fix it, will it damage the hardware itself?
Name: simonscholey Date: November 19, 2003 at 00:55:43 Pacific
Reply:
viruses are to blame for everything! can u detect the CD-drive in the bios?
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Response Number 2
Name: simonscholey Date: November 19, 2003 at 00:57:14 Pacific
Reply:
that was meant to be, "viruses are not to blame for everything!" oops ;)
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Response Number 3
Name: SullyD Date: November 19, 2003 at 01:49:29 Pacific
Reply:
Corey,
I just answered this one for someone a few days ago. If your cd drive shows up in Device Manager, but not in your explorer window... there's a simple registry fix. Read the following post and you should have your answer.
Summary: First see if your CD drive is ejecting... If yes, check it in the BIOS to see if it is detected there... If it is detected there, then try the following: 1)Click Start - Run - Type "RegEdit" and click...
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