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cd drive and dvd drive dissappeared

Posted: 04-05-2004, 04:16 PM
matt
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after having my pc for around about 4 or so months, my cd
drive and dvd drive have just disappeared,b ut after
further inspection, i discovered in my hardware manager i
have a yellow surronded exclamtion mark, and in properties
it says my driver may be missing or corrupted, i have
downloaeded the latest xp updates relevant to me, and for
drivers, can anyone help me?

cd drive and dvd drive dissappeared


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DL
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Re: cd drive and dvd drive dissappeared
Posted: 04-05-2004, 05:51 PM
Drivers frm WinXp update can be problomatic, use hardware manu site.
Having said that in hardware mngr, remove offending hardware, one at a time.
Reboot to see if they reinstall correctly.

"matt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> after having my pc for around about 4 or so months, my cd
> drive and dvd drive have just disappeared,b ut after
> further inspection, i discovered in my hardware manager i
> have a yellow surronded exclamtion mark, and in properties
> it says my driver may be missing or corrupted, i have
> downloaeded the latest xp updates relevant to me, and for
> drivers, can anyone help me?

 
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