re: My CD-Rom Drives Are Suddenly Missing Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 8:20 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by don rua (1 messages posted) James, I have the same problem. If you've found a solution, please email me at rua@mindspring.com. Everywhere I look people say to do the trick where I delete them from the Device Manager, then let the computer 're-find' them. This is no help. -Don On Friday, June 13, 2003 at 6:13 am, James wrote: > My CD-Rom drives are suddenly missing. My system is a Compaq Presario 5003US >running WinMe; PIII/933mhz, 256mb Ram. Previously my OS was Win989SE with all updates, >and roughly two weeks ago they disappeared but I was able to access them in DOS and >upgrade the OS to ME. This fixed the problem temporarily. Then earlier this week >it happened again. They're not showing up in Windows Explorer, nor Device Manager >in "Normal" mode; however, in Safe Mode they show up in Device Manager. > > I've tried to restart my system with the Win98SE Start Disk in and possibly access >them in DOS...but to no avail. > > Another item of note, my CD-Rom drive does not power-up, nor can I open the tray >door without a paperclip. So I may possibly have a bad drive, but my CD-RW drive >powers up as well as opens the tray door normally. This happened in the first episode >also. > > I look forward to any suggestions offered. > >Peace, >James Written in response to: My CD-Rom Drives Are Suddenly Missing (James: Friday, June 13, 2003 at 6:13 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] My CD-Rom Drives Are Suddenly Missing (James: Fri, Jun 13, 2003, 6:13 am) re: My CD-Rom Drives Are Suddenly Missing (don rua: Sun, Oct 19, 2003, 8:20 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum