PC hardware: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help!
- 1/30/09 3:45 PM
similar problem
by ArtNYC - 1/17/09 8:15 PM In reply to: Simple Solution by rene636This happened to my pic that ran XP and after I removed Nero.
cd dvd not responding
by Dale E Marcum - 1/17/09 8:10 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
go to my computer and open it. right click the my computer icon to open system properties. go to he hardware tab and open it. click device manager. Scroll down to dvd/cd rom drives and click on each one- one at a time. See if the drivers are present and working properly (there will be a line that says this device is working properly). If they are you have a motherboard issue. if not reinstall the drivers.
Be blessed
Sounds like a few wires have come adrift.
by PECONET - 1/17/09 8:12 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Look inside your case and look for any loose cables such as the cables in question. The cables will either look like wide flat cables or thin (depending if you have IDE or SATA). Just detach the cables in question and then replace them back onto the drives in question and then boot into the bios to make sure that they are showing ok. You need to press the F1, F2 or DEL key on your keyboard to access the bios. Once they are showing ok then you will see them in your operating system again.
Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
if all else fails
by 4johnnycash - 1/17/09 10:46 PM In reply to: Sounds like a few wires have come adrift. by PECONETstart pc hit delete as letters come up,let it go to bios-stop!
under cmos lit hit enter - make sure all type drives are enabled,
by enter.STOP-Hit f10 to save and exit. let OS come up and test
dvd/cd drives. if it does not work-device has shot it last burn!
Restore CD-Roms and DVD's to Explorer
by dugz - 1/17/09 8:21 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I downloaded a free file called
xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs
from www.dougknox.com
and it fixed the problem for me
regards
Douglas
Try this
by drjekelmrhyde - 1/17/09 8:26 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Open it up while off, unplug the IDE or SATA cables, turn it on then turn it back off and plug back in your drives and turn back on
Try cable
by Zebiii - 1/17/09 8:27 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Turn off computer, take side off, un-plug and re-plug cable. If both drives are on same cable, maybe the other end where it plugs into motherboard has vibrated loose, or cable gone bad. If the two are not on same cable, that will not be a likely problem
Not recognizing DVD/CD drives
by RickDonna44 - 1/17/09 8:59 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This happened to me a month ago, in fact my USB drives went missing also. The problem is in Windows. I did a clean reinstall, and the problem went away. I don't know if reinstalling Windows over the existing install will fix the problem, but you might try that first, to avoid the hassle of reloading all your application software. In either case, make sure all your data is backed up, and that you can reinstall all application software.
DVD/CD not working
by Escalade2002B - 1/17/09 9:35 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had the same problem with my DVD drives, both in my laptop & computer (different times). Read info on this link to fix problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314060
my problems are fixed.
CD/DVD Drives not recognized
by adsmith7 - 1/17/09 9:39 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Open the case, check the cables to the drive, both ends and/or re-seat the cables which would scrub clean the contacts.
pc stopped recognizing dvd and cd drives
by pepprgurl - 1/17/09 9:53 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Try uninstalling drivers in device management and then restart your computer and let it find them. If this doesn't work, most likely you have a bad motherboard.
itunes
by rwh0255 - 1/17/09 10:14 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i had this problem and had to uninstall itunes to solve it,apparently it was a problem with a driver on itunes.
This is the solution
by rene636 - 1/17/09 10:49 AM In reply to: itunes by rwh0255I posted a detailed message on how to fix the problem but don't know if it posted. Anyway..this link is the solution. It has to do with your DMAs being set to PIOs in your device manager in your IDE. Took me over a year to figure this one out. Here is a link..
http://winhlp.com/node/10
My PC stopped recognizing both my drives.
by rogercrut - 1/17/09 10:49 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Go to the BIOS and navigate till you see the drives. Do NOT change anything. Press F10 to save and it should work.
How to get your PC to recognize your CD/DVD again
by shtara - 1/17/09 10:52 AM In reply to: My PC stopped recognizing both my DVD and CD drives, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use Vista but learned this while using XP so it will work on both.
This is really simple, go into the hidden system when you are booting up, usually f8 or f10. On my old XP I used f10 on Vista I think it is f8. Once in just look for the question where you set the system for the last working bootup. I think you can even just go to System Restore, which would be even easier than the above. This is NOT a hard problem for the home user to fix him/herself.
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