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RE: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **
>"I looked under device manager and it does show there.
> So again, nothing showing under My Computer, nothing
> in Device Manager/Disk Drives.
So, which is it?.. does it show or not show in the Device Manager...
If the drive disappeared from both My Computer and from the Device Manager:
Just go to the Device Manager, select the CD/DVD drive with a right click
and select "Uninstall".. and still in the Device Manager, right click on the
computer name and click on Search for new hardware.. The CD/DVD Rom should
be auto-reinstalled with the system drivers. If after that, you are still
having trouble, go to any driver download site and look for a compatable
driver, once you have it on your HD, execute the driver so it to install it
on the driver caché or drop it in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers if it's a
"driver.sys" file.
If it only disappeared from My Computer:
Try Tweak UI to recall the drive letter. Download the application from the
next link, install it and on My Computer\Drives\right pane, select the C
check box.
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
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"Mikemiller80" <Mikemiller80@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el
mensaje news
6A0F435-ACEB-4941-B99B-67952A045312@microsoft.com...
>I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four
> years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat
> relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.
>
> I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked
> under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is
> below,
> but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing
> under
> My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the
> drivers
> reinstalled?
>
> I am running XP Home Edition
>
> "Kumaran" wrote:
>
>> Dear experts,
>> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.
>>
>> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had
>> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device
>> Manager",
>> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).
>>
>> I tried following methods to fix the problems.
>>
>> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.
>>
>> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files
>> are
>> corrupted ( code: 39)
>>
>> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no
>> special driver available and
>> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the
>> driver from COMPAQ also.
>>
>> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately
>> when
>> I attempted for reinstallation,
>> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the
>> one
>> currently being installed.
>>
>> How can I fix this problem.
>> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?
>> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?
>>
>> Experts, kindly help me.
>>
>> Regards
>> Kumaran
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>"I looked under device manager and it does show there.
> So again, nothing showing under My Computer, nothing
> in Device Manager/Disk Drives.
So, which is it?.. does it show or not show in the Device Manager...
If the drive disappeared from both My Computer and from the Device Manager:
Just go to the Device Manager, select the CD/DVD drive with a right click
and select "Uninstall".. and still in the Device Manager, right click on the
computer name and click on Search for new hardware.. The CD/DVD Rom should
be auto-reinstalled with the system drivers. If after that, you are still
having trouble, go to any driver download site and look for a compatable
driver, once you have it on your HD, execute the driver so it to install it
on the driver caché or drop it in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers if it's a
"driver.sys" file.
If it only disappeared from My Computer:
Try Tweak UI to recall the drive letter. Download the application from the
next link, install it and on My Computer\Drives\right pane, select the C
check box.
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
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"Mikemiller80" <Mikemiller80@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el
mensaje news
6A0F435-ACEB-4941-B99B-67952A045312@microsoft.com...>I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four
> years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat
> relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.
>
> I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked
> under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is
> below,
> but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing
> under
> My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the
> drivers
> reinstalled?
>
> I am running XP Home Edition
>
> "Kumaran" wrote:
>
>> Dear experts,
>> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.
>>
>> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had
>> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device
>> Manager",
>> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).
>>
>> I tried following methods to fix the problems.
>>
>> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.
>>
>> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files
>> are
>> corrupted ( code: 39)
>>
>> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no
>> special driver available and
>> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the
>> driver from COMPAQ also.
>>
>> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately
>> when
>> I attempted for reinstallation,
>> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the
>> one
>> currently being installed.
>>
>> How can I fix this problem.
>> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?
>> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?
>>
>> Experts, kindly help me.
>>
>> Regards
>> Kumaran
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>