I am having this same exact problem. It seems that the
computer just stopped recognizing my cd rom drives and
there is no way to get them back! Please someone help us
with this issue!

>-----Original Message-----
>Ok I'm desparate now, I need big time help.
>
>About a month ago, my computer decided to stop loading my
>CD-ROM drives (I have two, a DVD and CD-RW). They always
>worked fine before. Now it is a crap shoot as to if they
>are going to load. When they dont show up, device manager
>does not find em, can't search for new hardware etc.
>Here's what I have tried already:
>
>1. Manually checking to see if they are hooked up
>correctly. The slave and masters are all set correctly
and
>there are no loose connections.
>2. Checked all interupts and there is no apparent
>conflict.
>3. Checked BIOS and nothing seemed to help it out. I am
>not sure what it looks like for XP or what it is supposed
>to look like, but can't get them to load playing with
>BIOS.
>
>This happened (sort of) last year with my other computer.
>Apparently, the upper buffer (?) was corrupted and when
>you uninstall the CD drive, this folder with the buffers
>doesn't get overwritten so the problem doesn't go away.
>The tech support guy talked me through deleting these
>buffer folders so the drive would reinstall new and
>uncorrupted folders.
>
>Does anyone know what I am talking about? I have got to
>get this fixed, otherwise I have to slash and burn again,
>and I have no CDs to back anything up. Someone said it
may
>be a conflict with XP drivers, I recently upgraded from
ME
>to XP home edition. THanks,
>
>MadCap
>.
>

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:46:28 -0700, "Mike" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I am having this same exact problem. It seems that the
>computer just stopped recognizing my cd rom drives and
>there is no way to get them back! Please someone help us
>with this issue!
>

Download this fix to fix missing Cd drives or drives with error 39
etc:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...cd_dvd_fix.htm. Download
the vbs
script file, double click it and click yes when prompted. You will
need to
reboot for the changes to take effect.





Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/