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[Computer] CD/DVD Drives disappear, why?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Cohen, May 25, 2007.

  1. Cohen

    Cohen Member

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    When I boot-up, both DVD drives are okay, but after a while the drive letters are gone.

    Any ideas?
     
    #1 Cohen, May 25, 2007
  2. Dave2000

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    jumper cable? possible the ribbon is all you need to change. It maybe a simple fix but it took me like hours to figure an issue in which it was the jumper cables one time and pissed me off how much time i wasted.

    Then again, u maybe a hardware genius and I insulted u with the simple fixes i just stated :p
     
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  3. Cohen

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    No, I'm no hardware genius but it seems like software/system since they are always there when the system boots and then become unavailable, and there are 2 drives not just one. Thanks though. :)
     
    #3 Cohen, May 25, 2007
  4. hotballa

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    do you use CDRwin or Nero?
     
    #4 hotballa, May 25, 2007
  5. Cohen

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    Nero.
     
    #5 Cohen, May 25, 2007
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    I would like to say that y2k has finally caught up to your computer. Probably time to upgrade to vista.
     
    #6 pradaxpimp, May 25, 2007
  7. Nuclear Yak

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    If he upgrades to Vista, it'll probably only get worse hahaha.
     
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  8. hotballa

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    if you used another cd burner before Nero or have another one currently installed, that will cause the issue.

    if you google this, you'll see this is actually a normal problem with Nero.
     
    #8 hotballa, May 25, 2007
  9. Cohen

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    Thanks hotballa.


    (And no way will I upgrade to Vista guys; would only buy a new PC with it :) )
     
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  10. Cohen

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    btw, just googled this ('nero drives disappear') and our discussion is the second listing. :)
     
    #10 Cohen, May 27, 2007
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    #11 SwoLy-D, May 27, 2007
  12. Roxfan73

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    A missing optical drive is a symptom of having a virus in your memory.
     
    #12 Roxfan73, May 27, 2007
  13. Cohen

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    Is that a joke?
     
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    god I hope so

    if not, its scary how ppl who dont know jack about computers can pretend like their advice is worth listening to.

    to the original question....it is more than likley a windows issue (big surprise there right?)....the drivers that windows uses are conflicting with the optical drive infrastructure that (probably) Nero is tryin to use.

    I would try complete uninstall of Nero and see if they stick around without it being there...if they do then there is your problem
     
    #14 Rockets2K, May 27, 2007
  15. Cohen

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    :) Thanks R2K.
     
    #15 Cohen, May 27, 2007
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