I just cleaned up an older PC for a friend of mine. The last thing I ran was CHKDSK. Now the system doesn't want to recognize the CD-ROM. It has been working fine and if you insert a CD, it lights up like it is reading it, but the CD-ROM won't show up in either My Computer or Explorer.

Any ideas? I tried letting the Hardware Wizard search for it, but no luck. Is it something I need to reset in setup before going into Windows?

Any help would be greatly appreciated because this guy is disabled vet and this computer is his only real livelyhood.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
ShiftHappens

fredg

Hi,
Does this computer use XP?
If so, here is a link to download a fix for it. It requires a registry value change, and this fix will take care of it.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...cd_dvd_fix.htm

Best of luck,
fredg

interinfinity

uninstall it from device manager, then reinstall it, also reseat the IDE cable and make sure the jumper config is correct. if all else fails, test the cd rom in another computer to make sure its not a faulty cd drive

seahwk83

try this, it has worked for other people I have given it to and it does not hurt your system