DVD Drive unavaliable

ThePackman · 12-08-2007, 05:14 PM

I installed some extra ram and another hardrive on my desktop this week, ever since i have done that, my DVD/CD Drive has been missing...

i have searched for it in my BIOS and it's there and active, i can also boot up from a disk... but when in Windows (XP) the drive is not in My Computer, It doesn't do anything when i insert a disk. the only way i can get it to work is if i boot up from a disk on the boot menu, but everytime i restart it allways disapears again...

Hope someone can help, this is getting really annoying.

**Deleted090308** · 12-09-2007, 09:26 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

Can you see the drive in Disk management? (Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management)

If so - does it have a drive letter assigned?

ThePackman · 12-10-2007, 10:23 AM

Thanks, the Disk Drive is not included there, just my hard drives...

**Deleted090308** · 12-10-2007, 10:42 AM

An awful lot of removable drives there - I can't see them all.

How is the drive connected - master/slave/primary/secondary?

ThePackman · 12-10-2007, 11:43 AM

master

**Deleted090308** · 12-10-2007, 11:53 AM

Any slave? What happens if you disconnect the slave? Jumper settings?

ThePackman · 12-10-2007, 02:20 PM

The Slave is my new hardrive, when i remove that nothing happends... (I still have the same problem)

**Deleted090308** · 12-10-2007, 02:32 PM

All the removable drives- are they "real" or virtual?
If virtual - uninstall the software creating the drives and reboot the computer twice.

ThePackman · 12-10-2007, 03:23 PM

no there real, I Reformated a while back, the only virtual stuff i have had since then is Daemon Tools. but i have uninstalled that and used this "XP_CD-DVD-Fix" which i found in another thread on this forum. but before i installed that the drive was not showing up. :S

12-08-2007, 05:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
ThePackman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	DVD Drive unavaliable I installed some extra ram and another hardrive on my desktop this week, ever since i have done that, my DVD/CD Drive has been missing... i have searched for it in my BIOS and it's there and active, i can also boot up from a disk... but when in Windows (XP) the drive is not in My Computer, It doesn't do anything when i insert a disk. the only way i can get it to work is if i boot up from a disk on the boot menu, but everytime i restart it allways disapears again... Hope someone can help, this is getting really annoying. Last edited by ThePackman; 12-08-2007 at 05:15 PM.

12-09-2007, 09:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable Hi, welcome to TSF. Can you see the drive in Disk management? (Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management) If so - does it have a drive letter assigned?

12-10-2007, 10:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
ThePackman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable Thanks, the Disk Drive is not included there, just my hard drives... Last edited by ThePackman; 12-10-2007 at 10:26 AM.

12-10-2007, 10:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable An awful lot of removable drives there - I can't see them all. How is the drive connected - master/slave/primary/secondary?

12-10-2007, 11:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
ThePackman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable master

12-10-2007, 11:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable Any slave? What happens if you disconnect the slave? Jumper settings?

12-10-2007, 02:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
ThePackman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable The Slave is my new hardrive, when i remove that nothing happends... (I still have the same problem)

12-10-2007, 02:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable All the removable drives- are they "real" or virtual? If virtual - uninstall the software creating the drives and reboot the computer twice.

12-10-2007, 03:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
ThePackman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	Re: DVD Drive unavaliable no there real, I Reformated a while back, the only virtual stuff i have had since then is Daemon Tools. but i have uninstalled that and used this "XP_CD-DVD-Fix" which i found in another thread on this forum. but before i installed that the drive was not showing up. :S