Hi,
Assuming the connections are solid - and you should reseat them to make
sure - you should also check the drive jumpers. I've seen this common
mistake many times from those who know what they're doing. It may also help
to reverse the master/slave drives.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Bender B. Rodriguez" <Bender B.
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> Hello,
> First off let me describe the situation I am in. I have had my Vista
> Home Premium for about 2 months and I relized that my usage would require
> two
> Disk drives (my original being a Multi-Recorder). I removed a DVD ROM
> drive
> from my old XP and installed it into my Vista computer. I have installed
> drives before, so i doubt that the hardware was put in incorrectly. I
> booted
> up my computer and it scanned and installed drivers for the DVD ROM drive
> i
> had just installed. Next a message saying "Drivers are out of date" came
> up.
> I went into hardware management and scanned for up to date drivers. It
> found
> them. Then i went to install the drivers and when i scanned for new
> hardware
> after installing them, my Multi-recorder AND my new DVD ROM drive had
> disapeared from the control panels hardware veiwer! I rebooted and it
> recognized 1 disk drive (the Multi Recorder) i insterted a disk into the
> Multi Recorder, but no auto wizard came up. I went into the computer menu
> and
> selected CD/DVD-RW drive it said "No disk inserted" and ejected BOTH my
> Multi
> Rec. and the new DVD ROM drive. I am stumped and it would be great for
> somone
> to help me!
>
> Thanks again!
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