cd rom drives

computer does not recognize cd drives all of a sudden.in safe mode it does
but not in normal mode. can someone please help me? thank you!!

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carl

Misprint/typo?? Do you *really* mean :-

computer does not recognize cd drives all of a sudden in safe mode, it
does
..... in normal mode.

If so, the reason it doesn't recognise them in SAFE MODE is because the
drivers are not loaded.

They are only loaded in NORMAL MODE.
(And in Real Mode DOS - using the WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk.)

Mart



"carl" wrote in message
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computer does not recognize cd drives all of a sudden.in safe mode it does
but not in normal mode. can someone please help me? thank you!!

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carl

I believe I know what you mean about the CD drive in safe mode - Device
Manager actually lists the CD but it is not shown in My Computer....in Safe
Mode CD drives are not accessible - at least they are not on my system in
WinME.

Try a restart, and boot up then go to the bios andcheck the autodetect for
IDE devices. See if the BIOS actually recognises them. If not, there may
be trouble with th cable (see that it is firmly plugged in at both the drive
end and the IDE socket on the m/board.)



"carl" wrote in message
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computer does not recognize cd drives all of a sudden.in safe mode it does
but not in normal mode. can someone please help me? thank you!!

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carl