In news:E2A23F20-3884-48DB-AC81-F9EC8F779928@microsoft.com,
andya <daauerbach(remove this)@msn.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I no longer have access to my d and e cd/dvd and dvd drives. The a
> floppy disk drive is working. This occurred after one of two acts:
> removing a set of programs, roxio creator 6 and 8, or removing files
> from my startup folder.
>
> When I attempt to uninstall and install the disk drivers both give
> msgs that the files may be corrupted and are not loading properly.
> The computer will not successfully restore to a prior date.
> I cannot load a software pack 2 because my computer already has been
> updated. Since I have no drives I cannot download the drives from the
> XP disk.
>
> This appears to be a general corruption since it was not limited to
> one drive.
>
> Is there anything that can be done to get me back to my drive?
>
> Help
>
> Andy

Missing CD/DVD Drives:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html

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