CD-RW drive not recognized in My Computer

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Bobby77501

I have a two partition drive with Windows XP Pro installed on both of them
(this is a Dell Latitude Notebook C600). One of the drives is only 3GB in
size and I use it to back up my primary drive which is about 37GB in size.
I have a CD-RW drive that shows as working properly in Device Manager in
both partitions. It shows up under My Computer in the 3GB drive - but
doesn't show up in My Computer in the 37GB drive - and that's my problem
because in the primary drive, it's unusable. I also have a CD-ROM that
shows up in Device Manager in both partitions AND shows up in My Computer in
both partitions. I desperately need a way to solve this problem without
having to re-install the OS - then reinstalling about 20GB of software and
all of the settings involved. I will mention that I use RegVac and have all
my delete files saved since July - when I know my CD-RW drive showed up in
My Computer. However, I'm very concerned about restoring thes registry
entries without knowing what is causing the problem. Can anyone offer some
other solutions?

Bobby
 

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