CD Rewriter and DVD disappeared

[Ian]

My XP Pro installation can detect both of them and
install the correct drivers, but I can't see the drives
in My Computer. This happenned (I think) after I
installed Nero. Everything has been working fine up til
then. I've tried System Restore. I've tried a Repair
Installation to no avail. The message in Device Manager
properties for the drives says the configuration
information in the registry is missing or corrupted. I
can see and use both devices in 2000. I don't have a
backup of the registry. Any ideas on how to get them back
under XP?

[Randy Byrne [MVP]]

Try this...

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

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"Ian" > wrote in message
...
> My XP Pro installation can detect both of them and
> install the correct drivers, but I can't see the drives
> in My Computer. This happenned (I think) after I
> installed Nero. Everything has been working fine up til
> then. I've tried System Restore. I've tried a Repair
> Installation to no avail. The message in Device Manager
> properties for the drives says the configuration
> information in the registry is missing or corrupted. I
> can see and use both devices in 2000. I don't have a
> backup of the registry. Any ideas on how to get them back
> under XP?