My PC can't see my CDs

adzidzor · 09-10-2003, 12:37 AM

I played Cds on my CDRW drive, and the following morning the system was asking me to insert a CD when there was one already in. I changed the CD to be sure and still no improvement. I tried rolling back because I had updated the drivers two days earlier but I had the message that there was no back-up so that was impossible. I tried restoring to an earlier date but the PC could not complete it. Please help me because I do not want to format the hard drive. My OS is XP. Could this be a problem with drivers????? I ran a system check and it says everything is alright. I do not know what is really happening.....

Lion7718 · 09-10-2003, 08:48 AM

Try setting your system to Auto-play to see if another program tries to read your CDs.

adzidzor · 09-10-2003, 11:43 PM

Lion7718, I tried your antidote but did not work. Thanks anyway. Please try and help me out.

iAvalance · 09-11-2003, 03:59 AM

rightclick on My Computer, select manage from the context menu.
In the management console find the Devices node in the tree on the left.
See if you can find your CDROM drives there. Try to disconnect/reconnect them, or if that doesn't help try to remove them, so windows will add them on next boot.

adzidzor · 09-17-2003, 01:28 PM

Thanks everybody for ya' support. Go it working perfectly now

09-10-2003, 12:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	My PC can't see my CDs I played Cds on my CDRW drive, and the following morning the system was asking me to insert a CD when there was one already in. I changed the CD to be sure and still no improvement. I tried rolling back because I had updated the drivers two days earlier but I had the message that there was no back-up so that was impossible. I tried restoring to an earlier date but the PC could not complete it. Please help me because I do not want to format the hard drive. My OS is XP. Could this be a problem with drivers????? I ran a system check and it says everything is alright. I do not know what is really happening..... __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

09-10-2003, 08:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lion7718 Staff Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,317	Try setting your system to Auto-play to see if another program tries to read your CDs. __________________ "Protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies" You better not be touching my mannequin

09-10-2003, 11:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	Lion7718, I tried your antidote but did not work. Thanks anyway. Please try and help me out. __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

09-11-2003, 03:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
iAvalance Lost Forever Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spilniks Posts: 276	rightclick on My Computer, select manage from the context menu. In the management console find the Devices node in the tree on the left. See if you can find your CDROM drives there. Try to disconnect/reconnect them, or if that doesn't help try to remove them, so windows will add them on next boot. __________________ "A computer program does what you told it to do, not what you want it to do" - Greer (English translation)

09-17-2003, 01:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
adzidzor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ghana...now in U.S Posts: 178	Thanks everybody for ya' support. Go it working perfectly now __________________ adzidzor Be nice to the people you meet on your way up....for they are the same people you'll meet on your way down.....

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