I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/EN-US/
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
Might help, look over the above links..
Cheers
j;-j

"TERRI" wrote:

> I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
> Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
> under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help

"Jaymon" wrote:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/EN-US/
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
> Might help, look over the above links..
> Cheers
> j;-j

I tried that. It did nothing all it said was done and reboot. When I
rebooted I still had no cd drive. I am really at a loss....
>
> "TERRI" wrote:
>
> > I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
> > Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
> > under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help

Is the optical drive seen in the BIOS, if so, is it set to auto detect..?

Were you upgrading an older PC with the retail ver of XP w/SP2..?

How old is the computer (make & model) and the CD-ROM, ..?

Cheers
j;-j


"TERRI" wrote:

>
>
> "Jaymon" wrote:
>
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/EN-US/
> > http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
> > Might help, look over the above links..
> > Cheers
> > j;-j
>
> I tried that. It did nothing all it said was done and reboot. When I
> rebooted I still had no cd drive. I am really at a loss....
> >
> > "TERRI" wrote:
> >
> > > I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
> > > Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
> > > under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help

If the CD is not listed in the BIOS check for a loose power or IDE cable. If the BIOS doesn't see
it there is no way Windows will.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

"TERRI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> No the cd rom is not listed in my bios setup. No I was resinstalling on the
> same computer that it was previously installed on. The computer is a
> Northgate Innovations, maybe 2 yrs old.
>
> "Jaymon" wrote:
>
>> Is the optical drive seen in the BIOS, if so, is it set to auto detect..?
>>
>> Were you upgrading an older PC with the retail ver of XP w/SP2..?
>>
>> How old is the computer (make & model) and the CD-ROM, ..?
>>
>> Cheers
>> j;-j
>>
>>
>> "TERRI" wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > "Jaymon" wrote:
>> >
>> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/EN-US/
>> > > http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
>> > > Might help, look over the above links..
>> > > Cheers
>> > > j;-j
>> >
>> > I tried that. It did nothing all it said was done and reboot. When I
>> > rebooted I still had no cd drive. I am really at a loss....
>> > >
>> > > "TERRI" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I had to reinstall xp professional. I had a lot of trouble reloading it.
>> > > > Finally loaded but now I have no cd rom. The light goes on but is not listed
>> > > > under "my computer" or under hardware devices. Please help