Recent content by ixoye41

I made sure and installed the Rollup 1 for MCE 2005, but it did not chang the situation. I don't think my motherboard is the problem because I can see the drives just fine in the BIOS. It is Windows that I am having trouble with. I did try to use a method described by this Microsoft support...

I tried that... didn't work. I am getting the same error. I did try to use a method described by this Microsoft support page CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears missing after you install Windows XP but it did not help either. Windows now sees one of the drives as an unknown CD-ROM device.

I recently had to do repair my installation of Windows MCE 2005 and when I did my previously working DVD drives seemed to disappear. Windows sees two Unknown Devices but cannot recognize them as DVD drives or find any drivers for them. Any ideas here?

I have a similar problem. My drives (NEC ND-3500A and Lite-On SOHD-167T) were both working fine. I had to do a repair installation of Windows MCE 2005 for an unrelated reason (ATI software) and when I got my computer back up and running Windows doesn't recognize the drives as DVD drives, but...