Lost CD Rom files in explorer, but can boot from ...

[Jake]

Hi all
It looks like I have managed to render my CD rom drive unusable.
Running Xp pro SP2, on Mitac 8050, 100Gig disk, 1 Gig ram, 2Mhz
These are the symptoms:
- Blank cd detects, asks what to do with it
- Other cd spins up, gives icon in left pane, but when double click
gives empty right pane, no errors mentioned
- I can boot from the CD XP Pro, so hardware seems ok
- Device manager gives no errors for the drive or the 2nd IDE
- I have googled for this problem and found the upperfilter and
lowerfilter registry patch, but they arent in my registry under that
key.
HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}


- Event viewer system info: The IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service service
entered the stopped state.
- I have the machine networked so I can eventually any cd in anothe
networked machine (to get an original file eventually)


I would like to rectify this situation without reinstalling since I
have quite alot of applications on this thing.


All help appreciated.
Jake

 

[neil]

Can you use system restore if you know when the problems started. Or you
could try uninstalling the drive in device manager and restart, let windows
detect it again. (might work !)

Neil

 

[Jake]

Hi Neil,
Thanks for feedback.
I cant say when the problem has been created, I dont use CD drive that
much.
System restore is no option for me.
I have uninstalled the drive in Device manager, even more: I also
uninstalled both IDE channels. All was properly detected and installed
again, but the drive refused to show files.
I received another hint as to reinstall xp over itself. As this is not
without risks I try to exhaust the rest of the possibilities.
Thanks
Jake

 

[Jake]

neil used his keyboard to write :

Can you use system restore if you know when the problems started. Or you
could try uninstalling the drive in device manager and restart, let windows
detect it again. (might work !)

Neil

Thanks Neil,

Finally solved, needed to repair xp by booting from CD then perform a
'repair' install
Cheers
Jake