Re: Uninstalled CD-Rom Drive

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From: Jerry (NoSpamChiefZeke_at_MSN.com)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:51:40 -0800

Boot into safe mode, open device manager, delete all instances of your CD
drive, reboot and let Windows find new hardware.

"Gina" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F47E8C7D-7AF6-4B4B-87EE-05C560EBBDA4@microsoft.com...
> I somehow managed to Uninstall my CD_ROM Drive. How do I get it back?????
> It happened when I was trying to load HP Photosmart software. For
whatever reason only a portion of the software installed. I tried removing
it before reinstalling (the disk was not in the drive), and managed to
uninstall D: drive too.
> I am aware of the critical update needed to safely run this software.
However, when I tried running the update I recieved a message that read:
Thid update is unnecessary in this computer. Please help??

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