having cdrom problems in XP

My HP Pavillion laptop w/Windows XP will NOT EVEN
recognize that it has a CD ROM drive.
It does even appear in the "my computer" folder.

I have no idea what's wrong, it has worked fine before.
What can I do?

Hello,

Was there anything that happened from the time it did work to the time that
it didn't, or one day the cd drive was just gone?

--
Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)

"mariagrote" <amy@morevisual.com> wrote in message
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> My HP Pavillion laptop w/Windows XP will NOT EVEN
> recognize that it has a CD ROM drive.
> It does even appear in the "my computer" folder.
>
> I have no idea what's wrong, it has worked fine before.
> What can I do?