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CD-Rom and Writer disappeared

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by gaur

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A friend of mine accidentally deleted some drivers so now the CD-Rom and the CD-Writer can't be seen in My Computer. I checked the hardware list and it shows both of them with the yellow and black exclamation mark icon. I uninstalled both the devices, restarted the comp, and added the hardware again. It searched for the devices, and already found software installed for them, and didn't ask for any added installations. Now the software it accepts is the set of corrupt drivers that are installed on the computer. Can't seem to remove this set of corrupt drivers. What do I do?

Please mail me at identities@rediffmail.com and let me know. Thanks a ton,

Kamal

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by thechas

The drivers for your CD and CD-RW drives are part of the IDE controller driver for your motherboard.

Start by deleting all 3 IDE controllers:
Primary
Secondary
Root Hub

From device manager.
Re-boot, and see if everything is okay now.

Ifnot, you need to identify and download the IDE drivers from the system / motherboard manufacture.

If this is a name brand system, you should be able to get the driver direct from the manufactures web site.

If not, and you don't know who made your motherboard, try the ID tools at either www.motherboards.org
or www.wimsbios.com

Chas

by beka

If you are using Win 2000/XP and have ever installed Roxio (Easy CD Creator Deluxe 4x Suite, Standard or Deluxe Editions Easy CD Creator 5.0x Suite, Basic or Platinum Editions WinOnCD 3.7.548 (and above)Video Pak 5.0) then try this link and follow the instructions to remove the "Upperfilters" and "Lowerfilters"

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/knowledgebase.jhtml#8

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