XP administator does not recognise CD drive

[Silver Child]

Why, can anybody tell me, does my computer tell me that it will not allow me access to my CD drive when I'm signed in as the administrator. I get a message which says "You do not have access to drive "D" (my CD drive) please see your administrator". I have two administrators and neither will allow me to access the drive. Any help would be appreciated. :confused:

[PseFrank]

Try this...

 

Click Start

Right click My Computer

Click Manage

Under Storage...Right click Removable Storage

Choose Properties from the menu

Click the Security tab

 

Under Group or user names Highlight Administrators

Under Permissions for Administrators.........Allow

Put a check mark (Tick) beside...

Use

Control

Modify

 

Click Apply > OK

Not sure if you need to reboot...But do it anyway

[Silver Child]

Thank you for your suggestion - unfortunately there were check marks against all three (Use, Control and Modify). I unchecked them, rechecked and clicked Apply and OK and just for completeness rebooted as you suggested. Still unable to get recognition as the Adminisitrator of Drive D. I've had this problem intermittantly for some time but it has worked (I copied some photos on a couple of occasions) and, of course, it has worked when installing a small program from a CD on every occasion. So, don't understand why, when i try to copy a document it refuses to allow me access to the drive. Thanks again and any further suggestions would be appreciated.

[PseFrank]

Ok...I'm scratching my head a bit here...Have you tried a System Restore?

 

I'm assuming that everything worked ok for you at some point previously. Have you recently made a big change?

[Silver Child]

I've not made any major changes for some time. Have recently added new wireless mouse which involved installing via the CD drive and this was successful with absolutely no problems. I have to admit this has been a problem for some time although, as I mentioned earlier, it has worked occasionally. I haven't tried System Restore as I did one when completing the installation of the mouse and this problem existed then. The CD/DVD drive was replaced about two years ago. Could it be a hardware problem do you think? Appreciate your help and assistance and any further thoughts.