Hi all.

I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
drive in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
off of a boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
that did not fix the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
software. I do not have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other
suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.

Go back to Device Manager and under View select Show hidden Devices.
Double check the registry to make sure that the fix
did work.
"nocd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:gupool$5qo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all.
>
> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd drive
> in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot off of a
> boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives. I've tried the
> fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but that did not fix
> the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning software. I do not
> have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how
> to fix this problem? Thanks.

On May 17, 3:32*pm, nocd <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
> drive in windows. *The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
> off of a boot disc. *The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
> I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
> that did not fix the problem. *I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
> software. *I do not have itunes installed. *Does anyone have any other
> suggestions as to how to fix this problem? *Thanks.

After tinkering with the filters and such, you did reboot...

Any upgrades, SPs, etc. since the last time you used it?

Any errors in Event Viewer or Device Manager (?s, !s, or Xs) anywhere
- especially in the IDE section (please click the + to expand).

While you are unhiding, try a Scan for hardware changes under
Actions. Can't hurt.

Jose

http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
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"nocd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:gupool$5qo$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all.
>
> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
> drive in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
> off of a boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
> I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
> that did not fix the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
> software. I do not have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other
> suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.

Rich Barry wrote:
> Go back to Device Manager and under View select Show hidden Devices.
> Double check the registry to make sure that the fix
> did work.
> "nocd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:gupool$5qo$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd drive
>> in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot off of a
>> boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives. I've tried the
>> fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but that did not fix
>> the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning software. I do not
>> have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how
>> to fix this problem? Thanks.
>
>

Thanks for your reply. I tried your suggestions and no joy.

Jose wrote:
> On May 17, 3:32 pm, nocd <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
>> drive in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
>> off of a boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
>> I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
>> that did not fix the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
>> software. I do not have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other
>> suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.
>
> After tinkering with the filters and such, you did reboot...

Yes

>
> Any upgrades, SPs, etc. since the last time you used it?

No

>
> Any errors in Event Viewer or Device Manager (?s, !s, or Xs) anywhere
> - especially in the IDE section (please click the + to expand).

Good thought, I should have thought of this before. But there are no
errors or warnings in the event logs.

>
> While you are unhiding, try a Scan for hardware changes under
> Actions. Can't hurt.
>
> Jose

Yes, I tried scanning for hardware changes and it found nothing. Any
other suggestions?

incomitatus wrote:
> On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:32:32 -0500, nocd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
>> drive in windows. The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
>> off of a boot disc. The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
>> I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
>> that did not fix the problem. I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
>> software. I do not have itunes installed. Does anyone have any other
>> suggestions as to how to fix this problem? Thanks.
>
>
> In my case I've noted that this seems to be a continuing problem with
> XP that happens intermittently. I believe Doug Knox has a fix for
> disappearing CD/DVD drives on his site, which, by the way, I have used
> many times to repair this problem.
> His site is located at:
> http://www.dougknox.com/

I tried the vbs script and rebooted and still no joy. I finally managed
to bring it back for now, by shutting down the laptop, removing the cd
drive, then booting with no cd drive and putting it back in after
windows booted. It recognized the new hardware and installed it. But I
know it will probably have this problem again. Thanks for everyone's help!!

On May 17, 10:16*pm, nocd <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Jose wrote:
> > On May 17, 3:32 pm, nocd <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> >> Hi all.
>
> >> I have a laptop with windows xp on it that is not recognizing the cd
> >> drive in windows. *The bios does recognize the cd drive and I can boot
> >> off of a boot disc. *The device manager shows no cd/dvd rom drives.
> >> I've tried the fix with the upper and lower filters in the registry, but
> >> that did not fix the problem. *I also uninstalled all cd/dvd burning
> >> software. *I do not have itunes installed. *Does anyone have any other
> >> suggestions as to how to fix this problem? *Thanks.
>
> > After tinkering with the filters and such, you did reboot...
>
> Yes
>
>
>
> > Any upgrades, SPs, etc. since the last time you used it?
>
> No
>
>
>
> > Any errors in Event Viewer or Device Manager (?s, !s, or Xs) anywhere
> > - especially in the IDE section (please click the + to expand).
>
> Good thought, I should have thought of this before. *But there are no
> errors or warnings in the event logs.
>
>
>
> > While you are unhiding, try a Scan for hardware changes under
> > Actions. *Can't hurt.
>
> > Jose
>
> Yes, I tried scanning for hardware changes and it found nothing. *Any
> other suggestions?

No good ones. If it was me I would yank it out, boot Windows, let it
maybe see it is missing and reverse the process and see it again.