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d drive dissappeared

Started by Tishlette , Dec 21 2011 08:54 PM

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Tishlette

Posted 21 December 2011 - 08:54 PM

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Hello. I am extremely confused. My D drive just dissappeared! Where did it go and how do I get it back? I can't play cd's let alone make them. Please elp me, I am not new to computers but I am ignorant to a great extent. I've nowhere to turn..please help. Thank you very much.

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rshaffer61

Posted 22 December 2011 - 07:09 AM

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Broni's canned speech:

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.
5. Go to Microsoft's site http://support.micro..._drive_problems and follow the steps.
6. Try the guide at this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

Thank's to Broni for the instructions