"Jonno" <Jonno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:66D208E9-72FC-40D5-A46D-A9D4AD5FBA2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > A week ago I installed a Lite-On CD-RW 52x52x32 drive into a PIII 450 384MB
> box with 2 20GB HD's running Win2k SP4. The optical drive was recognised
> perfectly and worked perfectly.
>
> The computer has just been returned to me because Windows Explorer can't see
> the optical drive. It is brand new and visible to the BIOS. I confirmed
> that by adding a second hand CD reader and moving the RW drive to the slave
> position. BIOS could see both drives correctly. Windows could see the CD
> reader, but not the RW drive.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on this?
Do you mean that the drive was not displayed in Explorer? Look in
Computer Management at the disk manager and see if it's listed there. If it
is listed but does not have a drive letter assigned, add a drive letter. If
not, look in the device manager and see if it's listed there. If it is, try
removing it and redetecting it. If not, check the settings for the IDE
controller. If this doesn't solve it, I'm out of ideas.
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- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
- Abolish Public Schools
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