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Optical drive not recogniged in explorer

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bhaudateju Original post #1
Oct 14, 2007 at 8:29 AM
I am using win_xp_sp2, i am the administrator after fresh installation
of OS i am not finding any CD/DVD writter in explorer & in device manager
i find yellow ''?'' mark against the drive. i have made every effort like uinstalling & reinstalling the particular device but same result(no effect)
kindly tell me other ways like registry editing and all by which my problem may be solve
ravi_9793
Oct 14, 2007 at 8:37 AM
does this problem start automatically??
because such isuue is result of incompatible driver.
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Oct 15, 2007 at 12:02 AM
Generaly it happens in reinstalation of OS that too not always