CD-RW not recognized in My Computer

[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

 

[Kelly]

Hi Bobby,

Save the file below to your hard drive. Navigate to where you saved it and
double click the file. A confirmation dialog will appear when the script is
done. You may need to reboot for the change to take effect.

Restore CD/DVD in Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs

 

[Alex Nichol]

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.

This sounds like a 'hide letter' problem. First check at Control Panel
- Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look
lower right for icon of drive and check that it has a letter. If so,
Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys from (if you have installed XP
SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

Its My Computer - Drives page, ensure that that letter is checked.