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by matt5968

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I just install Windows XP Professional on one of my pc. All went well except I do not have acces to cd rom... Its not listed in device manager .. What happened . thanks

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by dmiles

Check the HCL to see if your CDROM is listed
Then check the manufacturers web site to see if they have drivers for the cd-rom to install under Windows XP
Mostly likely it is a compatibility issue
You used it to install XP,so check device manager and see if the controller and cd-rom are listed,then try reinstalling the cd-rom drivers

by mackem

open your box up and check to make sure that the cd is connected, check both ends of the cable. They do work loose sometimes.
best of luck
JV

by ð

I ran into a same problem. Check see if the CD-Rom is a SCSI, if it is make sure it is the SCSI drivers are updated for XP. The CD drive should pop back up in explorer and device manager after reboot.

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