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DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self
to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing or loading software. I have gone through the messages and have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great site!! Dan |
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DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
Try this
Boot to Safe Mode Open Device Manager Remove ALL CD/DVD drives Remove ALL HDs Remove the Master IDE Controller Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers (may take a couple of reboots) See if that cures it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Dan" wrote in message ... Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing or loading software. I have gone through the messages and have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great site!! Dan |
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DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
Noel,
Thanks, but this did not work. It only took one boot to have the drivers reinstalled and when I removed the master IDE controller, it left the primary and secondary controllers there. Is this a problem? Dan -----Original Message----- Try this Boot to Safe Mode Open Device Manager Remove ALL CD/DVD drives Remove ALL HDs Remove the Master IDE Controller Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers (may take a couple of reboots) See if that cures it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Dan" wrote in message ... Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing or loading software. I have gone through the messages and have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great site!! Dan . |
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DVD is a local drive not a cd drive
Nope - that's normal.
In Device Manager, open the Properties page for the DVD - what does it say? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Dan" wrote in message ... Noel, Thanks, but this did not work. It only took one boot to have the drivers reinstalled and when I removed the master IDE controller, it left the primary and secondary controllers there. Is this a problem? Dan -----Original Message----- Try this Boot to Safe Mode Open Device Manager Remove ALL CD/DVD drives Remove ALL HDs Remove the Master IDE Controller Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers (may take a couple of reboots) See if that cures it. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Dan" wrote in message ... Within the past two weeks, my dvd drive has changed it self to a local drive and I can not use it anymore for playing or loading software. I have gone through the messages and have tried everything that was mentioned to do, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be great. This is a great site!! Dan . |
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