If that does not work, use SCANREG /RESTORE as noted at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q221512/
This will only undo common software/driver changes. It will not fix hardware errors.
Bob
My D and E drives are not listed and I cannot use any cd's. I don't know how to get them back.

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