cd rom disappeared

[bewn sykes]

hi,
I cant seem to find my cd rom drive in my computer! i
have an "!" mark over the drive in device manager, and i
have tried unistalling and reinstalling the drive too.
i cant think of any system changes that could have caused
this. i can use the drive to boot the reset disc but dont
really wana format my hard drive yet. any ideas? PS, i
have an externel usb cd rom drive and that is not working
either. my other usb devices work ok so i guess its not
the usb controllers?
thanks in advance
Ben

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ben,

See if this helps:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Under section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often resolves
this problem

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org