Re: DVD/CD-ROM Drives

Hi Brian,

Have you tried checking for a controller update?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Brian Parkinson" <brianREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:dc2fk4$3j4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Rick,
> Appreciate the quick response. I have already tried the patch which I
> found via a search engine, but it did not resolve the problem. Brian
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e1F5AJQkFHA.3168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> See if this helps:
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
>>
>> Under section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often
>> resolves this problem
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Brian Parkinson" <brianREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:dc288h$cde$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have a dual boot arrangement with 98SE and XP.
>>> In XP after switching on there is no sign of my DVD/CD-ROM drives in
>>> Windows explorer unles I go through the following sequence:
>>> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Mngr -> IDE/ATA/ATAPI
>>> Controlers -> NVIDIA NFORCE MCP2 IDE Controller -> Right click , scan
>>> for Hardware Changes ... then the DVD/CD-ROM drives appear and work
>>> perfectly.
>>>
>>> How do Iresolve this?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Brian Parkinson
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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