I have recently realized that my computer no longer
recognizes that my DVD-ROM or CD Writer drives even
exist. I have a small icon on the bottom right of my
screen, next to the mouse icon, with a picture of a CD and
a disk drive with a red circle and line through it saying
Adaptec Direct CD Wizard, No supported CD-R/ CD-RW drive!
In hindsight, it has been there for a long time (month or
two?) but I never really thought much about it because
I've not needed to use either of these drives until
today. The DVD-Rom drive will at least open when the
button is pressed, but the CD-Writer drive won't even open
at all! The DVD-Rom drive does nothing when a disk is
inserted into it. Further, when looking in the "My
Computer" section, it no longer even shows the M: or N:
drives as being there anymore. We have had this computer
for several years and have been really happy with it and
have had essentially no problems until now. It has had a
few power outage type shut downs, but is on a power bar.
The only thing I can think of that has recently happened
is that we moved the computer to another room, but I think
that small icon was there before that. Please help me as
I'm frustrated and don't know what to do. My email is as
above, yomcculloch@hotmail.com and my name is Mike
McCulloch. I need to get these drives working again and
would appreciate your help.
Sincerely, Mike McCulloch