All external drives inaccessable

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I have XP Home and installed SP2. First error message "Access denied" came
up when I tried to access either CDROM drive (I have 2), A: floppy drive or
USB memory stick.I was told to uninstall Norton Antivirus and now I get the
message to"Insert disc" when I am trying to access. The Drivers are said to
work fine, the Drive letters show up in my computer> I uninstalled Roxio as
well, just to make sure.At one point after rebooting, the CD ROM was
accessible once and then stopped again. For a few seconds the little disc
icon comes up, but it doesn't do anything. I have read all postings I found,
but have not seen a proper answer. Would an uninstall of SP2 be advisable?
Thankful for any help.
Matt1
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Thanks for the quick response. I am hesistant to go into the registry, as I
don't have any of the error messages as this solution suggests. Only 'Insert
disc" message.
Could it be something else before I venture into the registry?
 
I really appreciate your responses. I tried everything, even the Reg changes
but it didn't help.(Actually there was no "Higher level value" However,
finally I figured I should start removing various old SW. And now it works
again! I believe an old CD burn SW called InCD was the culprit. Or it worked
fine before SP2 was installed, so the combination seems wrong. I installed a
new SW, NTI CD maker Gold and have now managed to backup and burn new
CDs.Again Bob, Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Regards
 
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