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More info?)
Restore Missing CD Drive
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
[[The popular CDGONE patch. CD drives may vanish in Windows Explorer, Device
Manager, etc. if a third-party CD-burning package has been uninstalled and
Registry references for some code modules aren’t removed successfully. This
patch and a reboot usually will restore the missing drives. Any third
party package still required will then have to be re-installed. ]]
http://aumha.org/reg3.htm
[[For more information on this and other possible causes, see the “Problems”
section of Alex Nichol’s Burning CDs in Windows XP article.]]
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm
Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:OXMV7ApeEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
R Keslar <cooldisk67@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> My cdr all of a sudden is missing both in my computer and device
> manager.The light for the cdr drive blinks continually. Tried opening
> door with paper clip to no avail. Any suggestions on how to open the
> door or restore the drive?