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CD-Rom Disappeared

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by qpeabody

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Besides a bad IDE cable, what would cause a cd-rom drive to disappear in the BIOS and My Computer?

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by ann777

Hardware... bad drive, bad or insufficient power to the drive

Software... drivers corrupted, windows corrupted

If it's dissappeared from the BIOS, then it's usually the fact that the hardware has gone bad... unless you have also updated the bios recently and the drive has not been recognized since. If the BIOS doesn't see the drive, then Windows definitely will not see it.

by qpeabody

Actually it was a bad IDE cable like I suspected, but thanks for your suggestions. I'll keep them in mind in case I see this problem again.

by fred07

anna is right. Not in bios probably bad cdrom. Three choices only, first you have as bad cable, second is bad MB so try the cd on other cable,third is bad power connection so try other power connection. Then try another cd to see if it is MB secondary ide on MB.

by qpeabody

It was a bad IDE cable, like I suspected. But I will keep your other suggestions in mind in case I see this problem again.

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