Cd ROM's not showing in My Computer

When it does that trying going to the device manager, click action tab, then click scan for hardware changes. Or try reinstalling the drivers for both devices that came with them, though most of these devices, being plug-n-play have their drivers packaged in the WXP edition, sometimes it is better to install devices with the drivers that came with them.

Try looking also into the wattage capacity of your power supply and the number of add-on devices you have installed. The basic components of a PC must atleast have a 300 watts. If you have added devices, other that what goes with the original build of the PC, chances are your wattage capacity is being overdrawn at startup such that the bios skipped these devices during startup. The fix is to replace your power supply with a higher capacity.

Check your CD Drive and make sure that the Auto-Start box is checked, so the reader will scan a new CD when it is first installed

This may sound dumb, but do you have Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 loaded on the computer? I had that exact thing happen to me because of that program.

Good Luck

Check out Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 314060. Even if you haven't installed/uninstalled Easy CD Creator, the solutions listed here may still solve your problem. It's worth trying if all else fails.

Here's a link to the KB article:

http://tinyurl.com/50tf

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