Missing drives....

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"redmurphy" wrote:

> I have lost both my dvd drives and the computer won't see my new external
> drive...any ideas?

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"Mike M" wrote:

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> "Nicoliani â„¢" wrote:
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> > http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;314060
> >
> > Protect your PC
> > http://www.avast.com
> > http://www.lavasoft.com
> > FREEWARE
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------
> > http://www.fast-rewind.com
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > "redmurphy" wrote:
> >
> > > I have lost both my dvd drives and the computer won't see my new external
> > > drive...any ideas?
>
> I have the same problem, except just one drive (my only CD-Rom drive). I
> uninstalled a video card and it's drivers. When I put in a new card and tried
> to use the installation CD, I discovered my cd drive was missing. It does not
> appear in the device manager or My Computer. The drive is operational in that
> the lights work, the draw opens and closes. I tried another CD drive, same
> thing. Checked all connections, ok.
>
> I also tried the CDGONE.zip registry patch. It did not help. I went thru the
> KB procedure you noted above... I can find the registry key with no problem,
> however, there are no "UpperFilter" or "LowerFilter" values. Which is the
> point of that entire procedure, to delete them.
>
> Ay other ideas?

littlejonah1999 says - this definitly works - click on the registry key and
delete the upper and lower filter values - these are the same as the same as
the files 'objected to ' .