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CD/DVD Drives No Longer Recognized

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Jayride Original post #1
Nov 9, 2008 at 2:24 AM
OK, here's the deal...
My PC stopped showing the ROM drives recently. Nothing has been changed and the slave/master is normal. All info in the bios is still as it should be, but I'm not showing the normal drive letters in 'My Computer'. I still see the 'C Drive' of course, and the folders. When I pop a CD into the drive, it spins, but the system doesn't recognize that new data has been entered.
All I can guess is that the drivers have somehow been removed, but I'm having trouble getting those back on. So back to basics. Either 1. I still have the wrong answer, or 2. Can someone direct me on how to install generic CD/DVD Rom drivers in a Windows XP environment?
- Jay
*www.geocities.com/jayride4_jc/ROM_Drive_Issue.JPG
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Raccoon #2
Nov 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Did you try uninstalling the drives and rebooting? If that dosent work, try uninstalling the IDE controllers after uninstalling the drives. Reboot to let Windows re detect and re-install everything.
smile
smile #3
Nov 9, 2008 at 6:01 PM
I suggest you to re-install Windows. :)
kapsicum
Nov 9, 2008 at 8:50 PM
no need for reinstalling windows ... do as Raccoon says
Extreme Gamer
Nov 10, 2008 at 6:56 PM
i have the same problem,but its an oem sata version of the lg hl-dt-st gh20ns10,but your methods didnt work.i downloaded the drivers manually but driver cant find target drive