See if Alex Nichol's magic fix for the disappearing CD drive helps
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems
Cari
www.coribright.com
"JC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there:
> Suddently my CD ROM and CDR dissapeared from my windows
> explorer window. I went to devise manager and saw
> exclamation marks on them. I uninstalled them-reinstalled
> them and still the same problem. Rebooted the PC and still
> with the problem.I was using it normally and as soon as I
> know, they're not working.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks