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CD drive not visible - Please help!

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er_gurpreet Original post #1
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Dear all,
When i click on My Computer, i am unable to see the CD Drive icon. However when i load CD in the tray it functions but i cannot run any non autoplay CD's. Can somebody please help me urgently with this??

Thanks
dheeraj_kumar
dheeraj_kumar #2
Jun 17, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Download TweakUI from *www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

In TweakUI, go to My Computer->Drives. Check the box for your CD drive.
And same way, go to My Computer->AutoPlay, in Drives, check the box for your drive, and in Types, check "Enable for CD and DVD drives"