CD Drive disappears after playing cd

[teaboy]

Sometimes after I play a with Windows Media Player and I put a new one in, my
system doesn't find the cd drive. I look in My Compuer and the drive has
disappered. Any suggestions?

 

[Gus]

Sometimes after I play a with Windows Media Player and I put a new one in, my
system doesn't find the cd drive. I look in My Compuer and the drive has
disappered. Any suggestions?

Try one of these:
1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
or...
2. http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
or...
3. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstal. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.
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