Need Help Please Dvddrive Not Showing In My Computer

dragonlegs · 12-04-2007, 05:11 PM

My dvd drive is not showing up in my computer and when i went to device manger to check it out it says it is properly installed and there is not problem but there is.

I have also uninstalled some virtual drives that i had earlier which never had a conflict with my real dvd drive. Could someone help me please i run a pc with windows xp media edition with a dvd drive from Acer.

**Deleted090308** · 12-05-2007, 01:55 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

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dragonlegs · 12-09-2007, 02:30 PM

My dvd drive is not showing up in my computer and when i went to device manger to check it out it says it is properly installed and there is not problem but there is. I have also uninstalled some virtual drives that i had earlier which never had a conflict with my real dvd drive. Could someone help me please i run a pc with windows xp media edition with a dvd drive from Acer.

I tried something called XP_CD-DVD-Fix.exe from dougknox.com but it didn't work it says it sucessfull and i reboot but it doesn't work.

**Done_Fishin** · 12-09-2007, 03:12 PM

are your Virtual Drives being run by Daemon ?? That software has caused a lot of this type of problem

dragonlegs · 12-09-2007, 04:52 PM

Daemon and winmount yeah

**Done_Fishin** · 12-10-2007, 11:30 AM

I think then that Daemon's your culprit .. and I think that just uninstalling doesn't solve the problem, it's been a topic on many occasions on the forum. Have to get my thinking cap on and search a few threads to see what helped in the end. If you like, you could help by doing the same

Don't use Daemon in your search it brings up / targets Hijackthis threads

**Done_Fishin** · 12-10-2007, 11:48 AM

Please don't open more than one thread when looking for help , it doubles up the work we have to do and also can cause conflicting advice since we won't know what others might be advising .. Keep all the advice in one place and we know what has been said, what has been done & what alternative advice can be offered. Thanks

12-04-2007, 05:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
dragonlegs Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WINDOWS XP MEDIA EDITION	Need Help Please Dvddrive Not Showing In My Computer My dvd drive is not showing up in my computer and when i went to device manger to check it out it says it is properly installed and there is not problem but there is. I have also uninstalled some virtual drives that i had earlier which never had a conflict with my real dvd drive. Could someone help me please i run a pc with windows xp media edition with a dvd drive from Acer.

12-05-2007, 01:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Need Help Please Dvddrive Not Showing In My Computer Hi, welcome to TSF. Download and unzip this file to your desktop. Double click the unzipped file to run it. Reboot.

12-09-2007, 02:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
dragonlegs Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WINDOWS XP MEDIA EDITION	my dvd drive won't show up on windows explorer My dvd drive is not showing up in my computer and when i went to device manger to check it out it says it is properly installed and there is not problem but there is. I have also uninstalled some virtual drives that i had earlier which never had a conflict with my real dvd drive. Could someone help me please i run a pc with windows xp media edition with a dvd drive from Acer. I tried something called XP_CD-DVD-Fix.exe from dougknox.com but it didn't work it says it sucessfull and i reboot but it doesn't work.

12-09-2007, 03:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: my dvd drive won't show up on windows explorer are your Virtual Drives being run by Daemon ?? That software has caused a lot of this type of problem __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

12-09-2007, 04:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
dragonlegs Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WINDOWS XP MEDIA EDITION	Re: my dvd drive won't show up on windows explorer Daemon and winmount yeah

12-10-2007, 11:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: my dvd drive won't show up on windows explorer I think then that Daemon's your culprit .. and I think that just uninstalling doesn't solve the problem, it's been a topic on many occasions on the forum. Have to get my thinking cap on and search a few threads to see what helped in the end. If you like, you could help by doing the same Don't use Daemon in your search it brings up / targets Hijackthis threads __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner Last edited by Done_Fishin; 12-10-2007 at 11:34 AM.

12-10-2007, 11:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,527 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Need Help Please Dvddrive Not Showing In My Computer Please don't open more than one thread when looking for help , it doubles up the work we have to do and also can cause conflicting advice since we won't know what others might be advising .. Keep all the advice in one place and we know what has been said, what has been done & what alternative advice can be offered. Thanks __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner