CD dive gone missing

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HI.
My daughters cd drive went missing, I looked in device manager and it
says registry entry for the cd is incomplete or missing. So I did what I
would do with 98, uninstall it, reboot, and let windows find it again. It
just re-booted, didn't find any new hardware, device manager same as before.

I tried a system restore to a week ago, but it said cannot restore because
nothing has changed on the pc. Help !

Thanks.
 
| HI.
| My daughters cd drive went missing, I looked in device manager and it
| says registry entry for the cd is incomplete or missing. So I did what I
| would do with 98, uninstall it, reboot, and let windows find it again. It
| just re-booted, didn't find any new hardware, device manager same as
before.
|
| I tried a system restore to a week ago, but it said cannot restore because
| nothing has changed on the pc. Help !
|
| Thanks.


Try the fix in section #8 here.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Take note of the precautions.

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I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details. :)

Remove shoes to E-mail.
 
namniar said:
Does it show up during POST.
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Nothing shows on boot up. This is my first dealings with xp, it just shows
a blank screen until it gets to the users screen, is this normal?
 
Consult your motherboard manual - sounds like the viewing the POST during
startup has been disabled. If you don't have a manual look online using
your model #. If you don't know your motherboard number, download Belarc
Advisor or Everest (Lavalys?). Search this newsgroup using those keywords
and you will find the website. Google will work as well. These two
software's (okay bad English) will give you all kinds of info about your PC.

r.
 
HillBillyBuddhist said:
| HI.
| My daughters cd drive went missing, I looked in device manager and it
| says registry entry for the cd is incomplete or missing. So I did what I
| would do with 98, uninstall it, reboot, and let windows find it again.
It
| just re-booted, didn't find any new hardware, device manager same as
before.
|
| I tried a system restore to a week ago, but it said cannot restore
because
| nothing has changed on the pc. Help !
|
| Thanks.


Try the fix in section #8 here.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Take note of the precautions.

--
D

I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details. :)

Remove shoes to E-mail.
Click to expand...

Referring to optical drive problems after uninstalling Roxio? Could be.

P.S. I am barefoot right now :)

r.
 
HillBillyBuddhist said:
| HI.
| My daughters cd drive went missing, I looked in device manager and it
| says registry entry for the cd is incomplete or missing. So I did what I
| would do with 98, uninstall it, reboot, and let windows find it again. It
| just re-booted, didn't find any new hardware, device manager same as
before.
|
| I tried a system restore to a week ago, but it said cannot restore because
| nothing has changed on the pc. Help !
|
| Thanks.


Try the fix in section #8 here.
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Take note of the precautions.
Click to expand...

That worked, thanks.
 
|
| | > | > | HI.
| > | My daughters cd drive went missing, I looked in device manager and
it
| > | says registry entry for the cd is incomplete or missing. So I did what
I
| > | would do with 98, uninstall it, reboot, and let windows find it again.
| It
| > | just re-booted, didn't find any new hardware, device manager same as
| > before.
| > |
| > | I tried a system restore to a week ago, but it said cannot restore
| because
| > | nothing has changed on the pc. Help !
| > |
| > | Thanks.
| >
| >
| > Try the fix in section #8 here.
| > http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
| >
| > Take note of the precautions.
|
| That worked, thanks.


Glad you got it worked out.
 
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