cd roms are not showing up

[dfroggy]

Hello, Sometime i run across a problem with my cd roms. When i go to My computer my cd roms are not showing up. when i go to the device mangager then where there but they had errors. Do you know why this happens? Last time this happen i had to reinstall windows. i tryed deleted them so they could find them but they had error still.Also i restarted my computer. Do you know how i can fix this problem?? thanks for your help

 

[VSEKH]

Have you installed any software recently before you started having this problem?

 

[Spuffin]

use a boot disk/disc and start the computer with CD-ROM support. If the cd-rom does not work in DOS you have a faulty cdrom and need to replace it. if it does work it is more than likely a problem inside of windows. Try to update your cdrom firmware if possible.

 

[dfroggy]

thanks for answering my question no i havent installed any new hardware. When i use the boot disk with cd rom support it works. They dispaperd a couple days ago, i just rebooted and they came back, im just woundering why that happens and how its could be fix without reinstalling windows

 

[edblor]

I had this same problem awhile back, and it turned out to be a corrupt registry.

A total re-format and re-installation of Windows fixed it. I think it happened when I overclocked the CPU more than it was capable of

Edblor

 

[robisc]

You're not running XP and Easy CD Creator version 4 or earlier are you? If so that can definitely be this problem but there is a fix, LMK if that's your scenario and I will look for the steps taken.

 

[stockjock]

I've got same exact problem going on right now...NO DVD or DCRW in My computer...but in Device manager they are there..but they have the dreaded ! next to them...looks like I'm gonna have to reformat this weekend...luckily I listened to alot of people on here and have my OS on its own partition.

 

[dfroggy]

Yes i am runing windows Xp Pro.. what is the fix for that, when they are not showing up? Thanks for all your help

Mike

 

[Darn]

Older versions of EZCD and Nero will cause this in Windows XP. It happened to me with Nero. You can install an update patch to make the CD burner software compatable or you can use system restore to go back to a time when your drives were accesible.

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[VSEKH]

This happened in my system when I had installed an update to Nero(about 6 months back). The registry got corrupted. The fix was on Microsoft's website regarding the cd-roms showing with an exclamation point. Nero released another patch really fast to resolve this issue. I had to re-install WinXP a few times until I figured out that Nero was causing this problem. I know the latest verion of Nero 5.5.8.2 does not cause this registry corruption.