so, i booted up my computer just now and found that none of my optical drives are showing up in vista now!!! they were working earlier, and i installed afew things.... but apparently now vista doesnt see them. sadly, now i have no CDROM drive and i really need it soon! anyone have suggestions? thanks
why would it matter what cpu, graphics card, memory, or any other such stuff? i dont know the brand of cdrom drives.... one is a cd burner, the other is a dvd rom.... ASRock dual SATA-939 motherboard, amd 64 CPU, 7800gt graphics card, 1gig of kingston ram.... honestly i dont see how any of that would effect if my optical drives show up in vista.... i am running Vista Enterprise....non-commercial... for educational institutions and large businesses. it is pretty much like Vista business except with a few extra features.
Well it gives me an idea of your hardware... That is why I have it in my sig so If I say something I don't have to type and explination. You know the brands of the CD and DVD? Make sure the mobo is configured for compatibility and try a fresh install. (usually the brand is on the front) If you can find the brand then maybe someone can go to the brand's website and see if there is a fix... or even to Asrock's sit to see if they have a fix.
They "were" working until he installed some things... Hey do a system restore... And then only install one thing at a time and reboot until you find the offender...
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