HELP! I cannot find my CD/DVD drive anymore!!!

VixxAnn

:eek: Help please

After sitting like a bored pidgeon for half an hour (well almost) waiting for a CD to start loading - I realised nothing was happening - clicked on My Computer to click on the CD drive - AND - it wasn't there! where has it gone - what can I do - what have I done AAAARGH

Can anyone help please?

Moneymaker

Have you taken off the cover and looked inside?

DrSmutt

what version of windows?

do a hardware scan (control panel) in xp and see what turns up.

for 98 heres some drivers will need mscdex (google)

http://www.computerhope.com/cdromd.htm

Browntoa

go back to a date when it worked last


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

albertross_2

try a reboot

VixxAnn

I run windows XP

I could not take the cover off if you paid me money - am clueless and afraid it would all fall apart or blow up or something

I have tried rebooting - several times - still nothing

Hardware scan shows the drive with a yellow exclamation mark on it

The only think I can think I have done recently is load up Itunes for my sons ipod - would that be related? If I do a system restore will it wipe off itunes?

pennineman

Right-click on the yellow exclamation mark and select Uninstall then, in Control Panel, choose Add Hardware and allow Windows to find the drives again and reinstall the drivers.

It worked for me on a friend's XP computer when she had just the same issue as you.

But I'd try browntoa's option first.

imho

Do what pennineman says,but after you have uninstalled ,switch computer off,then on again,and windows will put the driver back on again for you automatically

DrSmutt

update your ide drivers

right click on my computer goto properties

click on hardware then device manager

double click ide/atapi controllers

if it says something about standard ide controller

you need to find your motherboard manual/cd and install the drivers
see what chipset is on the motherboard and goto their website and get the latest drivers.

VixxAnn

did the unistall / re-boot / re-install etc
now getting...

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

DrSmutt

reboot your machine


quick google and this came up

http://hardware.mcse.ms/showthread.php?threadid=216488&goto=nextnewest