CD & DVD drives no longer recognized

I have a similar problem. I find that going into control
panel, System, Device Manager - Click on CD-ROM Drives,
then "Scan for hardware". This should make your drives
appear - but only until the next re-boot, when they
disappear.

I thought SP1 had solved the problem, but it recognised
my DVD rom drive as CD-ROM only, and caused system hang.
If anyone knows what drivers would have caused this,
please reply.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows XP Home Edition. I recently noticed that
>Windows no longer recognizes drives F & G, which were my
>DVD & CD Drives respectively. I restored my computer to
>an earlier date that I knew they were recognized and

this

>worked. HOWEVER, the problem re-occured. System restore
>does not solve the problem either. ADDITIONALLY, I can
>not restore earlier than a week ago!.
>
>HELP!!!
>.
>