Re: Disk Drive's not recognized

From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:36:53 -0700

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321641

And I would seriously suggest doing a repair installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

IMPORTANT: Use Method 2 on that link, NOT Method 1. 

----
Nathan McNulty
Jerry wrote:
> Try booting into Safe Mode, open Device Manger, remove all instances of the
> offending hardware items, reboot and see if Windows finds and installs the
> correct drivers.
> 
> "William Brown" <William Brown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77F2D787-93B6-4607-AE98-C8AE35931C77@microsoft.com...
> 
>>I am currently running Windows XP home on an athlon
>>machine.  Recently the computer will not recognize any
>>cds or dvds when loaded in the drive unless I first
>>reboot the computer, then the disks are recognized
>>without a problem.  The disk drives are present under "my
>>computer" and I have uninstalled the drives and
>>reinstalled them which did not correct the problem.  I
>>have the same issue with my digital camera (USB) in that I have
>>to reboot the computer with the camera attached before it
>>recognizes the storage card in the camera.  I am also
>>having problems with my floppy drive where it always
>>wants to format disks that are already formatted.  All of
>>these items were running fine some time ago and I have
>>not added any new hardware to the computer, the only
>>thing I have done is to install windows updates and other
>>software.
>>
>>Please help!
>>
> 
> 
>

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