BornToResist Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Okay guys, I have minimal computer knowledge, but I KNOW my computer used to have a cd-rom drive. Now it doesn't!!! What do I do to fix it...??? Does anybody know?? I'm computer illeterate I guess. It's just...gone. Link to comment
insofar Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Err... that's rather broad. I did about two years of telephone tech support for HP but I can't tell you without knowing some specifics first. Do you mean the drive just vanished from My Computer? Or are you getting some error when trying to access a CD? Try going to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager and see if it's still listed under DVD/CD-ROM drives. Was there some software that was installed around the same time the drive vanished? Link to comment
BornToResist Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well right under there, it has that CD icon with a yellow exclamation point and it says MITSUMI CR-4804TE... My brother had one of those external cd rom drives installed a LONG time ago but it's been gone, could that be it? Do you know how to fix it..? Thanks for your help so far... Link to comment
musicguy Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 go to a computer store and buy a new one, parts are pretty cheap nowadays Link to comment
BornToResist Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Any other advice that DOESN'T require buying a new computer...? Link to comment
puff.tm.dragon Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 He meant buy a new external CD-ROM drive =/ Link to comment
Dako Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Internal CD drives are cheap. Do you have room to add one? If you have an unused drive bay, it's a breeze to install one. Link to comment
insofar Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Whoa, whoa. Let's not jump the gun here. First off, in Device Manager, right-click the drive with the yellow exclamation mark and click Uninstall, then restart your computer. Windows should redetect the drive and reinstall its drivers. See if that works, if not, there's some more stuff we can do before you have to go out and buy a new drive. It may be completely a software issue. Link to comment
Dako Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well, if the external drive is missing, it might be a sign. Link to comment
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