Cd Rom Missing!!!

[Ben BJ]

I was about quarter of the way the through compressing my windows xp drive
and seeing it would take ages, i just stopped it....
But then, my cd rom drive had completly dissapeared!!!
I tried system restore, but it is still missing!!
Please Help...
From Ben

 

[Yue]

I hope you remembered to run it from safe mode, because
if not, that would explain that problem.

My advice is just use system restore to go back to the
last saved point before that error occured (eg. the day
before)

Hope that helps

-Yue

 

[Venkatesh [MCSD]]

Hi there Ben,

To correct this problem, download and install a tiny patch from the
following URL. This would delete upper and lower filters from registry:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs

Usage: Download file to your computer and simply
double-click it so that it would automatically get
installed. Norton anti-virus software might warn you of
a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script
Safe" or similar technology enabled.
I recommend you to choose "Authorize entire script" option next Action.

HTH
Venkatesh [MS India Community Star]

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I was about quarter of the way the through compressing my windows xp drive
and seeing it would take ages, i just stopped it....
But then, my cd rom drive had completly dissapeared!!!
I tried system restore, but it is still missing!!
Please Help...
From Ben


.
Ben, I had trouble with my CD rom drive disappearing. I

had to take it back to the store. Turns out the physical
cd-rom drive died and I had to get it replaced.
I was told that most cd-rom drives are good for about 1
year

Good luck.
Lisa