disappearing cdrom drive.

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3 total messages Started by evilfieldz Sun, 16 Jun 2002 03:53

#1262

Author: evilfieldz
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 03:53

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hey all.

Has anyone heard of disappearing CD-RW drives in Windows XP?

I'm going to check one of these out tomorrow - apparently about 10minutes
after bootup the cdrom is gone from Explorer and can't be found... is this a
known problem???? I'm not sure of the brand... think it might be a Lite-On
or whatever they're called.


cheers,
loic.

Re: disappearing cdrom drive.

#1261

Author: saurus
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 04:48

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hey you!

It is XP!
If drive starts  but for whatever reason can nor read CD, after a while,
drive is no more. You have to reboot.
Viva el micro brains !
"evilfieldz" <s369381@student.uq.edu.au> wrote in message
news:aeh2bf$nr2$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> hey all.
>
> Has anyone heard of disappearing CD-RW drives in Windows XP?
>
> I'm going to check one of these out tomorrow - apparently about 10minutes
> after bootup the cdrom is gone from Explorer and can't be found... is this
a
> known problem???? I'm not sure of the brand... think it might be a Lite-On
> or whatever they're called.
>
>
> cheers,
> loic.
>
>

Re: disappearing cdrom drive.

#1260

Author: vv
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:46

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Try this place http://www.dougknox.com/ Go to WinXP fixes and get a registry
patch from "Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer" section (involves editing
LowerFilters/UpperFilters for the CD). There is also an article in the dark
depths of MS knowledge base somewhere.

Cheers



"evilfieldz" <s369381@student.uq.edu.au> wrote in message
news:aeh2bf$nr2$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> hey all.
>
> Has anyone heard of disappearing CD-RW drives in Windows XP?
>
> I'm going to check one of these out tomorrow - apparently about 10minutes
> after bootup the cdrom is gone from Explorer and can't be found... is this
a
> known problem???? I'm not sure of the brand... think it might be a Lite-On
> or whatever they're called.
>
>
> cheers,
> loic.
>
>

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