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    Angry dvd rom and rw gone

    my dvd rom and writer had worked properly about 3 or 4 days ago, but today when i loaded my cd no autoplay came up. when i looked in My Computer (for XP) where was no cd drives whats so ever, just my floppy drive. when i looked in the Add Hardware, it says the driver is missing or corrupted, i dunno what to do?
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    I'd say your most likely fix is This (which shows you how to remove upper & lower filter values from the registry) noting this bit too :-
    .. if you notice lost functionality in a particular program, such as CD recording software, you may need to reinstall that software... This is a known issue that can occur when you remove Easy CD Creator .. There may be other third-party CD-writing software products that exhibit similar behavior...all of the troubleshooting steps in this article might apply if such a product also adds entries under the UpperFilters or LowerFilters value in the registry..

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    I have uninstalled Power DVD player and my DVD and CD-ROM disappeared after that.
    I did what it is in the link but it does not help and I also tried some drive fix utility that I find in the internet but it does not help either.
    When I start up my pc I get a message saying
    drive 0 not found
    drive 1 not found
    I trid to do add new hardware but in vain.
    Any suggestions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by onlyicecream
    ..When I start up my pc I get a message saying
    drive 0 not found
    drive 1 not found..
    Is that before windows starts ? Sounds like a cable has come loose maybe ?

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    Thanks for your answer confus-ed. The cabel has been losen, I do not know why although I did not open the case for long time. But anyway the problem is solved , thanks alot

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    If all of your hardware is connected correctly been usually assist them restore fixure. Pick the date couple weeks back when all was well and go back to those settings.
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    System restore for xp
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    Quote Originally Posted by onlyicecream
    Thanks for your answer confus-ed. The cabel has been losen, I do not know why although I did not open the case for long time. But anyway the problem is solved , thanks alot
    .. You're welcome dude Cables quite often work loose due to thermal contraction (different materials even say different plastics when heated expand & contract at different rates {like a bi-metallic strip} & you get slipage & loosening, happens quite a bit), I just happened to be wise to the error message you quoted thus making this an easy fix

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