cdrom drives disappear

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Running windows xp home and have cd-rom and cdrw installed. Drives show fine
in bios but sometimes (most of the time) they do not show up under My
Computer in windows. Does anyone have any idea why this happens? Thanks.
 
Do you have TweakUI installed?

If yes, Open TweakUI
[+] My Computer
Drives

Make sure there's a check mark for the appropriate drives |
Click Apply | Click OK
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This applies to XP also...
Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191579

[[The popular CDGONE patch. CD drives may vanish in Windows Explorer, Device
Manager, etc. if a third-party CD-burning package has been uninstalled and
Registry references for some code modules aren’t removed successfully. This
patch and a reboot usually will restore the missing drives. Any third
party package still required will then have to be re-installed. ]]
http://aumha.org/reg3.htm

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
No, TweakUI is not installed.
--
kah


Wesley Vogel said:
Do you have TweakUI installed?

If yes, Open TweakUI
[+] My Computer
Drives

Make sure there's a check mark for the appropriate drives |
Click Apply | Click OK
-----

This applies to XP also...
Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191579

[[The popular CDGONE patch. CD drives may vanish in Windows Explorer, Device
Manager, etc. if a third-party CD-burning package has been uninstalled and
Registry references for some code modules aren’t removed successfully. This
patch and a reboot usually will restore the missing drives. Any third
party package still required will then have to be re-installed. ]]
http://aumha.org/reg3.htm

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
kah said:
Running windows xp home and have cd-rom and cdrw installed. Drives show
fine in bios but sometimes (most of the time) they do not show up under My
Computer in windows. Does anyone have any idea why this happens? Thanks.
 
[[The popular CDGONE patch. CD drives may vanish in Windows Explorer, Device
Manager, etc. if a third-party CD-burning package has been uninstalled and
Registry references for some code modules aren’t removed successfully. This
patch and a reboot usually will restore the missing drives. Any third
party package still required will then have to be re-installed. ]]
http://aumha.org/reg3.htm

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

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
kah said:
No, TweakUI is not installed.
--
kah


Wesley Vogel said:
Do you have TweakUI installed?

If yes, Open TweakUI
[+] My Computer
Drives

Make sure there's a check mark for the appropriate drives |
Click Apply | Click OK
-----

This applies to XP also...
Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191579

[[The popular CDGONE patch. CD drives may vanish in Windows Explorer,
Device Manager, etc. if a third-party CD-burning package has been
uninstalled and Registry references for some code modules aren’t
removed successfully. This patch and a reboot usually will restore the
missing drives. Any third
party package still required will then have to be re-installed. ]]
http://aumha.org/reg3.htm

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
kah said:
Running windows xp home and have cd-rom and cdrw installed. Drives show
fine in bios but sometimes (most of the time) they do not show up under
My Computer in windows. Does anyone have any idea why this happens?
Thanks. --
kah
 
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