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DVD RW Drive is not working

Started by Soray , Jun 19 2010 02:08 AM

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Soray
Posted 19 June 2010 - 02:08 AM

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Hi there,

I have a problem with one of my desktop. the E: driver won't read any DVD/Disc inserted and I am left clueless.

My pc spec as below

windows 7 home premium
Manufacturer - Hewlett Packard
Model - CQ32330D
Pentium dual core CPU e6500 @ 2.93ghz 2.94ghz
RAM - 1gb
32bit

i know nothing abut pc so i dunno what caused it, i have uninstall emulator/daemon tools (read it from somewhere) and tried scanning the device manager but no yellow question mark appear. pls advise
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phillpower2
Posted 19 June 2010 - 03:41 AM

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Go into device manager & uninstall the DVD drive, shut down
the computer & then restart it & let your computer detect &
install the drive again.

Does it play CDs?
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Soray
Posted 19 June 2010 - 05:12 AM

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Go into device manager & uninstall the DVD drive, shut down
the computer & then restart it & let your computer detect &
install the drive again.

Does it play CDs?


did the above & the computer re-installed the driver.
But it still won't work. tried CD too and is still not responding =(
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rshaffer61
Posted 19 June 2010 - 05:54 AM

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One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Thank's to Broni for the instructions
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