I went into BIOS and found the DVD drive but it wasn't in the Device Manager.
So I disconnected the ac power and checked the cables. I checked BIOS again
and it was still there. But my drives are still gone. I miss my drives.
Please help.

"Peter" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Try boot into BIOS and check for the DVD-rom.
> If the motherboard BIOS recongnize the DVD-rom, you should find the DVD
> drive in Windows. Start the PC in Safe Mode and then go to Device Mnagaer,
> double click the DVD/CD-ROM drives (the DVD drive should be there), right
> click on the DVD drive and click Uninstall, click OK and then reboot the PC
> to normal startup. Windows should find new hardware and install the drivers
> for the DVD drive, do not disturb untill windows installed the drivers and
> confirm that the drive is ready to use.
>
> If the DVD drive could not be found in device manager, close down the PC and
> disconnect the main AC Power, open the chassis and check for the DVD drive,
> make sure all cables and power cords are firmly and properly connected.
> Close the chassis and reconnect the AC Power. Boot into BIOS again to ensure
> the mbo BIOS can see the DVD drive. If it cannot be seen in BIOS, the drive
> may become faulty. If yes, startup the PC normally and check again as above
> mentioned.
>
> Hope it helps
> --
> Peter
>
>
> "greasy" wrote:
>
> > So just some 20 minutes ago I put in DVD+R home movie for the first time into
> > my computer. I accidentally put it in my CD drive so it rejected it and then
> > I put it in my DVD drive. Nothing happened...I thought it would automatically
> > start. I went into My Computer to manually start it but I found that my
> > drives were missing. I went into System Restore and I successfully restored
> > it to an earlier time. My drives were still missing tho. I came on here and
> > found that I could download XP_CD-DVD-Fix to get them back. I did that but
> > they are still missing. What else could I do to fix this? I've read that some
> > people suggest opening up the computer, detaching the drives and then
> > reattaching them...I feel that if I did that I would screw up my computer
> > even more. So please help me with this one. Thanks for any help given.