DVD disappears in Safe Mode

I posted this question over in "general," but then it occurred to me it's
probably really a hardware question, so I've posted it here as well.

Any ideas on why my DVD drive (functionally my CD drive) isn't visible in
Safe Mode?

It appears in the BIOS setup screens, and is properly identified there.

I'm trying to apply a firmware update to the drive, but the utility hangs
under normal Windows, and won't run at all in DOS (boot floppy) mode. I
figured I'd just run it under Safe Mode to eliminate all the overhead and
possible conflicts. No good, since the drive isn't there in Safe Mode.

- Bill

Bill
Please stick to the one thread - it saves confusion for all concerned!
Please let me know the make/model of the DVD, and the link for the updater -
I'll take a look later today


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"Bill Leary" wrote in message
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I posted this question over in "general," but then it occurred to me it's
probably really a hardware question, so I've posted it here as well.

Any ideas on why my DVD drive (functionally my CD drive) isn't visible in
Safe Mode?

It appears in the BIOS setup screens, and is properly identified there.

I'm trying to apply a firmware update to the drive, but the utility hangs
under normal Windows, and won't run at all in DOS (boot floppy) mode. I
figured I'd just run it under Safe Mode to eliminate all the overhead and
possible conflicts. No good, since the drive isn't there in Safe Mode.

- Bill

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Bill
Please stick to the one thread - it saves confusion for all concerned!

As I said, I figured afterwards that I'd picked the wrong group. I was
rather expecting someone over there to say that I should have posted it over
here.

But...

Please let me know the make/model of the DVD, and the link for the
updater -
I'll take a look later today

....since you've responded on "general" I figured I'd stick to it over there.

Thanks

- Bill

makes sense to me - I'll try to do the same for you!g

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Bill Leary" wrote in message
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"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Bill
Please stick to the one thread - it saves confusion for all concerned!

As I said, I figured afterwards that I'd picked the wrong group. I was
rather expecting someone over there to say that I should have posted it
over
here.

But...

Please let me know the make/model of the DVD, and the link for the
updater -
I'll take a look later today

...since you've responded on "general" I figured I'd stick to it over
there.

Thanks

- Bill