CD-Rom icon Not Visible in XP

Da Mail Man

Da Mail Man

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greetings all,

....not sure where to post this but, here goes;

...acquired a dell GX-280 desktop and have installed winxp pro on same....i loaded the os through the cd-rom as usual by booting into the disc....what i have noticed is that the cd rom device ICON is NOT showing in "my computer".....this happened to me many years ago but, cannot remember what to do to fix this!...

...how do i restore the cd-rom icon as above?..as it stands, i can load a disc into the drive but, it does not do a thing...any help?......
 
johnb35 said:
Follow prodecure here to see if it works for you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
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..thanks for the reply see below results;

Windows XP
Click Start, and then click Control Panel. OK
Click System and Maintenance, and then click System, OK
On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. OK

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow. NA

In Device Manager, expand DVD/CD-ROM drives,***HERE IS WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTS...IT IS NOT LISTED IN THE DEVICE MANAGER FOR ME TO DO THIS.

right-click the CD and DVD devices, NOT POSSIBLE - SEE ABOVE


and then click Uninstall. NOT POSSIBLE - SEE ABOVE

When you are prompted to confirm that you want to remove the device, click OK. SEE ABOVE

Restart the computer.SEE ABOVE
 
not talking about that procedure, i was talking about his one basically.

Windows XP
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right pane, click UpperFilters.

Note You may also see an UpperFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click UpperFilters only. If you do not see the UpperFilters registry entry, you still might have to remove the LowerFilters registry entry. To do this, go to step 7.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
In the right pane, click LowerFilters.

Note If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content cannot help you any further. Go to the "Next Steps" section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer
 
johnb35 said:
not talking about that procedure, i was talking about his one basically.

Windows XP
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
In the right pane, click UpperFilters.

Note You may also see an UpperFilters.bak registry entry. You do not have to remove that entry. Click UpperFilters only. If you do not see the UpperFilters registry entry, you still might have to remove the LowerFilters registry entry. To do this, go to step 7.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
In the right pane, click LowerFilters.

Note If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content cannot help you any further. Go to the "Next Steps" section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.
On the Edit menu, click Delete.
When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
Exit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer
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...thanks for the reply...i just got done reading this 5 min before you sent the above..gonna try it and see what happens.....
 
....this (the directions) is not helping any in that, in the right pane there is no "Upper Filters" or "lower filters" entries of any sort.......it is to note just in case, that it is the only device on the ribbon cable....
 
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johnb35 said:
Then its a windows issue. Try doing a repair install of the OS.
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......how would i accomplish that?...i have quite a few programs installed and sure as heck don't want to reinstall them.......is there not a repair selection on the windows disc?
 
You can do a repair install by booting to the install cd and select R on the second screen for repair and not on the first screen when R will start recovery console.
 
johnb35 said:
You can do a repair install by booting to the install cd and select R on the second screen for repair and not on the first screen when R will start recovery console.
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.......yeah, that is what i thought....thanks...will let ya know....
 
greetings,
....i should have gotten back to this earlier but, been busy...ok, as i was told, i looked in the bios and found that what i thought were the correct settings were in fact NOT and was misinterpreted by MYSELF!:o:o:o...apologies to all on MY mistake:)......rom is visible and working...it was the way it was laid out in the bios that confused me and cause MY SCREW-UP...thanks to all again!
 
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