cd rom gone after xp reinstall

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I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help
 
Is the optical drive seen in the BIOS, if so, is it set to auto detect..?

Were you upgrading an older PC with the retail ver of XP w/SP2..?

How old is the computer (make & model) and the CD-ROM, ..?

Cheers
j;-j
 
If the CD is not listed in the BIOS check for a loose power or IDE cable. If the BIOS doesn't see
it there is no way Windows will.
 
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