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cd-rom just disappeared

Feb 29, 2004 7:41AM PST

All of a sudden my cd-rom stopped working. I even changed out the unit. Still doesn't work. Doesn't even show up when I click My Computer. When I go into Help & Support System Info, it shows cd-rom as "not installed". What happenned??

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Re:cd-rom just disappeared
Feb 29, 2004 8:06AM PST
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Re:cd-rom just disappeared
Feb 29, 2004 10:27PM PST

Make sure your "Bios" has the current version.

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Re:cd-rom just disappeared
Mar 1, 2004 1:11AM PST

Did you install any software recently? My CDrom disappeared when I installed Easy CD Creator.