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Windows XP CD/DVD Player And Recorder Problems?

Started by steelersjourney , Jan 25 2010 10:00 AM

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steelersjourney

Posted 25 January 2010 - 10:00 AM

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My CD/DVD Player And Recorder Won't Read Anything .CD's Or DVD's Won't Read When I Put Them In Nor A CD For Downloading And Installing .Can Anybody Help Me Please ? I Don't Know If It's A Driver That's Missing Or Not Installed Properly !!

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rshaffer61

Posted 25 January 2010 - 10:12 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

Edited by rshaffer61, 25 January 2010 - 10:13 AM.