Re: XP is no longer recognizing cdrom & CDRW drives by Anna
Anna
Thu Jul 10 09:57:22 PDT 2008
>> >> On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:33:03 -0700, rsimpson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I recently added an additional hard drive and external hard drive as
>> >> > well. After doing so neither MY Computer or Windows explorer show
>> >> > them.
>> >> > Both internal and external hard drives work just fine. I know that
>> >> > there has been as issue with this and after looking at all the
>> >> > sollutions on line my head is swimming. I'm sure it has to do with
>> >> > the
>> >> > registry but who likes to fool around with that unless they have to!
>> "rsimpson" <rsimpson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:50487F56-7B7D-4ED7-896B-DED50D2B5B8A@microsoft.com...
>> > Ed, sorry but you have to be a little more explicit about this. What is
>> > exactly the following and how do you go about doing it, never done
>> > before?
>> > --
>> > rds
>> "Anna" wrote:
>> rds:
>> First of all I know nothing about the VBScript Ed Metcalf suggested to
>> resolve your problem. Perhaps Ed will respond to your latest query and
>> furnish add'l info about it. However, in the meantime...
>>
>> You indicate that after installing "an additional hard drive and (USB?)
>> external hard drive", the system doesn't recognize these devices.
>>
>> Can we assume you installed/connected these devices simultaneously or
>> first
>> one, then the other?
>>
>> Then you say "Both internal and external hard drives work just fine." I
>> assume you're referring to those two devices, yes?
>>
>> So how do you know they "work just fine" if the system doesn't
>> (apparently)
>> detect them?
>>
>> I'm assuming this "additional hard drive" is an internal HDD, right?
>> Presumably you've partitioned/formatted this new internal HDD, yes? And
>> you're certain you've properly connected it to the system, right?
>>
>> And the HDD contained in the (USB?) external enclosure has similarly been
>> partitioned/formatted, yes?
>>
>> And there's no problem with your system when neither that "additional
>> hard
>> drive" nor the external HDD is connected, right? The system boots without
>> incident and properly functions, yes?
>>
>> Have you accessed Disk Management? What's the story there?
>> Anna
"rsimpson" <rsimpson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B97BB38-644F-4980-B577-10C145CEEEA1@microsoft.com...
> anna, a little clarification. I added an external hard (via USB) and
> everthing was fine. Then I added an additional internal hard drive, thats
> when the cdroms didn't show up. Yes I can read and write to either of the
> hard drives. The new hard drive I added actually came out of another
> system
> so didn't do any formatting or installations for that drive as it was a
> slave
> in the previous system as well with the same operating system and windows
> recognized it immediately through new hardware wizard. I didn't do
> anything
> to CMOS setup and wondering If I should have, could that be the problem.
> Don't even know how to get to that anymore as I haven't done that in
> years.
> --
> rds
rds:
In your original post you stated "I recently added an additional hard drive
and external hard drive as well. After doing so neither MY Computer or
Windows explorer show them."
Now you're indicating (if I understand you correctly) that there is *no*
problem with your secondary internal HDD except for the fact that when it's
connected to your system it's at that point that your "cdroms didn't show
up". (You have more than one optical drive?).
And there's no problem at all with your USB external HDD. Do I have all this
right?
So if your secondary HDD is disconnected from the system the optical
drive(s) function OK? Is that right? So your *only* problem at this point is
that the system doesn't recognize the optical drive(s) if that secondary HDD
is connected to the system. There's no other problem.
So before we go on, please confirm that what I've indicated above is indeed
your situation and if it is not, please clarify.
Anna