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how do I undo 'safely remove hardware' for CD drive of Windows XP
By mistake, I did click on CD drive under the options displayed when I
clicked on safely remove hardware. One external hard drive was connected to Windows XP laptop (IBM) at that time. More unfortunate that it was my husband's laptop just before he headed out for work so it started his day on sort of a sour note. Please help me understand on how to reconnect the CD drive in such cases. Do I need to reboot the laptop or what? Please guide. |
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how do I undo 'safely remove hardware' for CD drive of Windows XP
Two options that come to mind are ...
1) Unplug the external CD device (or for the laptops internal CD, you should be able to easily remove it from the case. Then plug it back in. Windows will recognize the newly attached device and reactivate it. 2) Rebooting works. Brian "PCK" wrote in message ... By mistake, I did click on CD drive under the options displayed when I clicked on safely remove hardware. One external hard drive was connected to Windows XP laptop (IBM) at that time. More unfortunate that it was my husband's laptop just before he headed out for work so it started his day on sort of a sour note. Please help me understand on how to reconnect the CD drive in such cases. Do I need to reboot the laptop or what? Please guide. |
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how do I undo 'safely remove hardware' for CD drive of Windows XP
Two options that come to mind are ...
1) Unplug the external CD device (or for the laptops internal CD, you should be able to easily remove it from the case. Then plug it back in. Windows will recognize the newly attached device and reactivate it. 2) Rebooting works. Brian "PCK" wrote in message ... By mistake, I did click on CD drive under the options displayed when I clicked on safely remove hardware. One external hard drive was connected to Windows XP laptop (IBM) at that time. More unfortunate that it was my husband's laptop just before he headed out for work so it started his day on sort of a sour note. Please help me understand on how to reconnect the CD drive in such cases. Do I need to reboot the laptop or what? Please guide. |
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how do I undo 'safely remove hardware' for CD drive of Windows XP
Remove the CD drive's USB cable from the PC.
Power down the computer. Power up the computer Plug in the USB cable Windows should say "Found New Hardware" a few seconds after you have inserted the USB connector. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "PCK" wrote in message ... By mistake, I did click on CD drive under the options displayed when I clicked on safely remove hardware. One external hard drive was connected to Windows XP laptop (IBM) at that time. More unfortunate that it was my husband's laptop just before he headed out for work so it started his day on sort of a sour note. Please help me understand on how to reconnect the CD drive in such cases. Do I need to reboot the laptop or what? Please guide. |
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how do I undo 'safely remove hardware' for CD drive of Windows XP
Remove the CD drive's USB cable from the PC.
Power down the computer. Power up the computer Plug in the USB cable Windows should say "Found New Hardware" a few seconds after you have inserted the USB connector. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "PCK" wrote in message ... By mistake, I did click on CD drive under the options displayed when I clicked on safely remove hardware. One external hard drive was connected to Windows XP laptop (IBM) at that time. More unfortunate that it was my husband's laptop just before he headed out for work so it started his day on sort of a sour note. Please help me understand on how to reconnect the CD drive in such cases. Do I need to reboot the laptop or what? Please guide. |
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