Provided they are still visible in the BIOS see Alex Nichol's magic fix for
the disappearing optical drive problem.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
"grave_architect" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:AA093541-FFEF-4788-BB8F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> None of my drives are able of being detected. I cannot play cds, nor can i
> burn cds. I went to My Computer, but my drives don't even show up on
> there.
> It's like they no longer exist. What could be this reason?
>