Hi,

See if this helps:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Under section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often resolves
this problem

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"anthony_cook" <ant81(remove this)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> please can someone help me out? my dvd and cd drive's no longer seem to be
> on
> my computer! my cd drive runs but the icons are not in my computer or
> windows
> explorer! can someone help me out please?!
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> Thank you