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| 279409 | 2004-10-09 07:01:00 | Good Evening, About a month ago I noticed that my CD-RW drive had disappeared from My Computer; problem is I need to burn a few disks. I presume this means that the cables have become detached in my computer, is there anyway to check this without opening the whole thing up ? Thanks |
ntddevsys (987) | ||
| 279410 | 2004-10-09 07:17:00 | Nope there is no way other than to open the case, if u think the cable has come off or something. Check the BIOS and see if the CDRW is on AUTO. When u bootup, does it detect the cd at all? Does it say the brand/model of the cd on bootup? And what version of Windows are u using?? Whats device manager say for the burner?? Any X's or anything beside the entry?? |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 279411 | 2004-10-10 06:15:00 | Thanks, I can see now that I should have included more information. I'm using XP. On bootup it is not detected and it seems to have disappeared from the device manager/BIOS, yet the drive is still physically in my computer. I also cannot get the drive to open. Seems I'll be opening it up later. |
ntddevsys (987) | ||
| 279412 | 2004-10-10 06:33:00 | It sounds like the power going to it in the case has come off. If it cant open. Thats why the BIOS cant detect it when u boot up. Yup, I would open the case, check the power going to the burner. And check the ide connection too thats connected to the burner. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
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