Missing DVD and RW drives

  • Thread starter Thread starter Tom Cheatum
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Tom Cheatum

My drives have been disappearing occasionally for several months. Until
today I could always locate them by running the Add Hardware Wizard and
double clicking Disc Detector. However I can't get to either drive
today and have a lot of CD's to burn ASAP.

I have never had a warning message related to this and have never messed
with my CD creator software.

I recently tried to make registry deletions recommended by others but
for some reason I did not have permission to do this.

Thanks - Tom
 
http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/regtools.htm
You can download a script here for the Registry

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19,
or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060


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


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553
CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP
 
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