Disk Drive will not appear on My Computer...

[Guest]

I had a new hard drive fitted a few days ago, and the icon for the Cd Drive
in my computer has disappeared. I cannot play disks on my pc, and have tried
connecting it to the slave, but it has not worked.
My question is, how can I check if the computer is inetracting with the drive?

 

[Jon Anderson]

Right click my computer - properties - click the hardware tab - click
device manager. Now go down to disk drives and see if it shows 2 (that
is a way you can tell if windows recognizes it). Also you can go to
DVD/CD Rom drives and see if the icon has just gone away or if windows
isn't seeing the drive.

 

[Guest]

The icons have Explanation marks covering them.
Does this mean that Windows do not recognise them?

 

[Guest]

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

This is what it says...

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[Code 41
Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot
find the hardware device. (Code 41)

Recommended resolution
A driver was loaded but Windows cannot find the device. This error occurs
when Windows does not detect a non-Plug and Play device.

If the device was removed, uninstall the driver, install the device, and
then click Scan for hardware changes to reinstall the driver. If the
hardware was not removed, obtain a new or updated driver for the device.

If the device is a non-Plug and Play device, a newer version of the driver
might be needed. To install non-Plug and Play devices, use the Add Hardware
wizard. Click Performance and Maintenance on Control Panel, click System,
and on the Hardware tab, click Add Hardware Wizard.

On the General Properties tab of the device, click Troubleshoot to start the
Troubleshooting Wizard. ]]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123#XSLTH3588121122120121120120

Also see...
CD-ROM access is missing and messages cite error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19,
Code 39, or Code 41 after you remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but
cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

This is what it says...