RE: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

[Guest Ronaldo]

RE: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

>"I looked under device manager and it does show there.

> So again, nothing showing under My Computer, nothing

> in Device Manager/Disk Drives.

 

 

So, which is it?.. does it show or not show in the Device Manager...

 

If the drive disappeared from both My Computer and from the Device Manager:

Just go to the Device Manager, select the CD/DVD drive with a right click

and select "Uninstall".. and still in the Device Manager, right click on the

computer name and click on Search for new hardware.. The CD/DVD Rom should

be auto-reinstalled with the system drivers. If after that, you are still

having trouble, go to any driver download site and look for a compatable

driver, once you have it on your HD, execute the driver so it to install it

on the driver caché or drop it in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers if it's a

"driver.sys" file.

 

 

 

If it only disappeared from My Computer:

Try Tweak UI to recall the drive letter. Download the application from the

next link, install it and on My Computer\Drives\right pane, select the C

check box.

 

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

 

 

 

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"Mikemiller80" <Mikemiller80@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el

mensaje news:D6A0F435-ACEB-4941-B99B-67952A045312@microsoft.com...

>I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four

> years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat

> relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.

>

> I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked

> under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is

> below,

> but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing

> under

> My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the

> drivers

> reinstalled?

>

> I am running XP Home Edition

>

> "Kumaran" wrote:

>

>> Dear experts,

>> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.

>>

>> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had

>> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device

>> Manager",

>> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).

>>

>> I tried following methods to fix the problems.

>>

>> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.

>>

>> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files

>> are

>> corrupted ( code: 39)

>>

>> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no

>> special driver available and

>> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the

>> driver from COMPAQ also.

>>

>> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately

>> when

>> I attempted for reinstallation,

>> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the

>> one

>> currently being installed.

>>

>> How can I fix this problem.

>> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?

>> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?

>>

>> Experts, kindly help me.

>>

>> Regards

>> Kumaran

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Mikemiller80]

RE: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

RE: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four

years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat

relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.

 

I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked

under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is below,

but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing under

My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the drivers

reinstalled?

 

I am running XP Home Edition

 

"Kumaran" wrote:

> Dear experts,

> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.

>

> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had

> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device Manager",

> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).

>

> I tried following methods to fix the problems.

>

> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.

>

> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files are

> corrupted ( code: 39)

>

> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no

> special driver available and

> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the

> driver from COMPAQ also.

>

> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately when

> I attempted for reinstallation,

> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the one

> currently being installed.

>

> How can I fix this problem.

> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?

> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?

>

> Experts, kindly help me.

>

> Regards

> Kumaran

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest TaurArian]

Re: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

Re: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

You could check this out:

 

Win XP Fixes: Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

 

You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an

error message after you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording

program in Windows XP: "error code 31"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

 

 

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"Mikemiller80" <Mikemiller80@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D6A0F435-ACEB-4941-B99B-67952A045312@microsoft.com...

>I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is four

> years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat

> relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.

>

> I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked

> under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is

> below,

> but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing

> under

> My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the

> drivers

> reinstalled?

>

> I am running XP Home Edition

>

> "Kumaran" wrote:

>

>> Dear experts,

>> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.

>>

>> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had

>> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device

>> Manager",

>> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).

>>

>> I tried following methods to fix the problems.

>>

>> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.

>>

>> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files

>> are

>> corrupted ( code: 39)

>>

>> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no

>> special driver available and

>> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the

>> driver from COMPAQ also.

>>

>> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately

>> when

>> I attempted for reinstallation,

>> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the

>> one

>> currently being installed.

>>

>> How can I fix this problem.

>> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?

>> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?

>>

>> Experts, kindly help me.

>>

>> Regards

>> Kumaran

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Galen]

Re: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

Re: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

 

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

 

In news:OkFkVzKFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

TaurArian <taurarian@gmail.com> typed:

 

> You could check this out:

>

> Win XP Fixes: Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer

> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

>

> You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an

> error message after you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording

> program in Windows XP: "error code 31"

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

>

>

>

> "Mikemiller80" <Mikemiller80@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D6A0F435-ACEB-4941-B99B-67952A045312@microsoft.com...

>> I don't know if anyone is going to reply to this since the posting is

>> four

>> years old. I can't seem to find out how to post my question that somewhat

>> relates to this posting. But I guess its worth a try.

>>

>> I don't know when the DVD/CD-ROM drive disappered, but it did. I looked

>> under device manager and it does show there. I've done the fix that is

>> below,

>> but it did not do anything for my situation. So again, nothing showing

>> under

>> My Computer, nothing in Device Manager/Disk Drives. How do I get the

>> drivers

>> reinstalled?

>>

>> I am running XP Home Edition

>>

>> "Kumaran" wrote:

>>

>>> Dear experts,

>>> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.

>>>

>>> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had

>>> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device

>>> Manager",

>>> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).

>>>

>>> I tried following methods to fix the problems.

>>>

>>> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.

>>>

>>> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files

>>> are

>>> corrupted ( code: 39)

>>>

>>> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no

>>> special driver available and

>>> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get

>>> the

>>> driver from COMPAQ also.

>>>

>>> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately

>>> when

>>> I attempted for reinstallation,

>>> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the

>>> one

>>> currently being installed.

>>>

>>> How can I fix this problem.

>>> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?

>>> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro

>>> ?

>>>

>>> Experts, kindly help me.

>>>

>>> Regards

>>> Kumaran

 

In addition to the above:

 

Missing CD/DVD Drives:

http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/missing_CD-DVD_drives.html

 

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