Disapearing D (CD-RW) Drive

[S. Skip Borden]

My Windows XP Professional/Microsoft Office XP (Dell
Dimension 4500) nine month old system keeps losing my "D"
(CD-RW) Drive.
It actually disapears. Dell Tech people have actually
help me to restore this drive two times, and even had a
service guy phsically install a "new" drive.
Now it's disapeared again!!! Seems the system is actually
eating my "D" Drive!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
I'm on the brink of buying my son a new lap top for
college this fall, and now it probably won't be a Dell.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,

[Gary Tsang]

Goto http://www.aumha.org/a/xpcd.php#problems
See the second "problem" (read the caveats)
Run the provided registry patch

That should fix your problem (basically, a filter driver is missing or
non-operational, the registry patch will delete the filter drivers
references for your cdrom(s))


Basically, the reg file from above carries out the steps displayed at this
website

CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553


CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19,
or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];q314060




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Gary Tsang


"S. Skip Borden" > wrote in message
...
> My Windows XP Professional/Microsoft Office XP (Dell
> Dimension 4500) nine month old system keeps losing my "D"
> (CD-RW) Drive.
> It actually disapears. Dell Tech people have actually
> help me to restore this drive two times, and even had a
> service guy phsically install a "new" drive.
> Now it's disapeared again!!! Seems the system is actually
> eating my "D" Drive!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
> I'm on the brink of buying my son a new lap top for
> college this fall, and now it probably won't be a Dell.
> Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,