CD/DVD drives not showing

[Guest]

Hello, I am running Windows 2000 Pro and for some reason my internal CD-RW
and DVD-R drives are not showing up with drive letters in Explore or My
Computer. Hardware diagnostics have been performed to confirm that the
hardware itself appears fine (and the drives do show up ok in Device
Manager). I also tried connecting an external USB CD-RW drive, but the same
problem occurs. Aside from a possible DMA setting causing conflicts, what
other cause could there be for this problem? Any info would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Regards,

Randy

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This applies to XP also if you have TweakUI...
Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;191579

Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553

Restore Missing CD Drive
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

My CD drives have vanished (from Explorer, Device Manager, etc.)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Hi Wesley,

I appreciate your quick reply. I will check those articles out.