Dvd & Cdrw drive not recognized in Xp

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Neither drive is recognized under device manager nor my computer. All cables connected, power led's on front of units initiate cdrw spins, dvd dormant.Tried to find new hardware etc. Somehow the windows cdrom device drivers have been deleted? I have windows disk and recovery disk but cant boot from these due to this problem.
 
Hi Parker,

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" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Parker said:
Neither drive is recognized under device manager nor my computer. All
Click to expand...
cables connected, power led's on front of units initiate cdrw spins, dvd
dormant.Tried to find new hardware etc. Somehow the windows cdrom device
drivers have been deleted? I have windows disk and recovery disk but cant
boot from these due to this problem.
 
Rick

You rock! I had this same problem and was pulling my hair out for days trying to figure out what it could be. I even bought a new drive and was just about ready to uninstall XP when I found this message thread. I used the .reg and it worked like a charm. If only XP's "help" were as helpful. Thanks!!

----- Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers wrote: ----

Hi Parker

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

Under section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often resolve
this proble

--
Best of Luck

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zon
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzon
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.or

Parker said:
Neither drive is recognized under device manager nor my computer. Al
Click to expand...
cables connected, power led's on front of units initiate cdrw spins, dv
dormant.Tried to find new hardware etc. Somehow the windows cdrom devic
drivers have been deleted? I have windows disk and recovery disk but can
boot from these due to this problem
 
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