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seriouschat · 10-22-2008, 06:06 PM

It seems XP (and vista for that matter) can have issues when certain programs or upgrades are installed. The result - CD drive goes missing.
A fix that seems to work for most is editing the Filter registry keys.

- Go to Start - Run - type in 'regedit'
- Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
- Click file - Export - and make a backup.
- Delete the value data (NOT THE KEY) for the UpperFilters & LowerFilters
- Exit Registry & reboot.

If it doesn't work, double click the backup you made, run it, and your filters will be back.

Edit: here's a link that might be more useful to you.

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

10-22-2008, 06:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
seriouschat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 68 OS: Ubuntu 8.10 / Vista	Re: Sporadic absence of CD drive It seems XP (and vista for that matter) can have issues when certain programs or upgrades are installed. The result - CD drive goes missing. A fix that seems to work for most is editing the Filter registry keys. - Go to Start - Run - type in 'regedit' - Find the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - Click file - Export - and make a backup. - Delete the value data (NOT THE KEY) for the UpperFilters & LowerFilters - Exit Registry & reboot. If it doesn't work, double click the backup you made, run it, and your filters will be back. Edit: here's a link that might be more useful to you. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/ Last edited by seriouschat; 10-22-2008 at 06:10 PM.