Problem in installing CD R/W drive on Windows XP Home Edit..

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Shutdown and recheck the cable connections (power and data), consider a new
cable. Also, recheck your jumper settings. Reboot.

If still not okay, open device manager locate and delete/uninstall the
drive, then reboot. O/S will identify and install drivers.

r.


"Gandhar" <Gandhar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:748981D5-85D5-4791-8508-3DB101A8F4C2@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I've a Compaq Pressario PC with Windows XP Home Edition (OEM). The system
> came with one CD read drive. I want to install a Sony CD Read/Write drive.
> 1. On trying installing the drive, Windows explorer didn't detect the
> drive.
> 2. The CMOS setup detected the CD drive.
> 3. Even the device manager detected it properly. But Windows Explorer
> never
> showed up the drive.
> 4. If I typed e:\ at the Windows Explorer address bar, it showed the
> contents of the CD in the new drive but on closing the window and opeing
> again, the E drive disappeared.
> 5. The drive can be accessed at DOS prompt (command line).
>
> Please help me to fix the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gandhar Gokhale