Re: CD-Rom drive missing

[Wesley Vogel]

This applies to XP also if you have TweakUI...
Missing Drives in My Computer and Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;191579

Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

Restore Missing CD Drive
http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip

CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19,
or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:F23859D6-53F8-4270...@microsoft.com,
Lee Antony <LeeA...@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have the same problem that Kmac reported on 3/4/2006 that was answered
> by otisdog and WTC.
>
> Sadly in my registry the key described does not contain entries for
> UpperFilters or LowerFilters so I can't delete them.
>
> Having tried all else I'm wondering if booting from floppy disks would
> work? I'm hoping someone can save me from such a desperate attempt.

[Lee Antony]

Thanks for your speedy reply. I've checked the references you gave and sadly
none worked. I had hopes that deleting the registry entry UpperFilters would
do it but the data isn't there. Two keys below UpperFilters does exist but
that key seems to be to do with drives in general not specifically cd-rom.

I've tried safe mode, uninstall and system restore and now I'm out of ideas
apart from the floppy disk start up gamble.

[Lee Antony]

I forgot to say that the pc will boot from the XP cd-rom. I have tried to
use the recovery consule but my administrator password is not accepted. I'll
try changing the password to see if there is any difference.

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this.

Open the Registry Editor...
Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK |
Navigate to >>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

See if there is a Value Name called NoDrives or NoViewOnDrive in the right
hand pane.

Do the same for..
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

These explain NoDrives and NoViewOnDrive.

NoDrives
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/58871.asp

NoViewOnDrive
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/93573.asp

Hide Drives in My Computer
[[This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer
and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.]]
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/148/

Prevent Access to the Contents of Selected Drives
[[This restriction prevents users from using My Computer or Explorer to
access the content of selected drives. Also, they cannot use Run, Map
Network Drive, or the Dir command to view the directories on these drives.]]
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1157/

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:264C55CF-1318-4952...@microsoft.com,

[Lee Antony]

Thank you Wes - that's taken me to some interesting topics. I didn't know
drives could be hidden so selectively.

In regedt32 I find the following:
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\... \Policies there is no entry for Explorer.
Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\... \Policies\Explorer there are no value names for
NoDrives or NoDriveOnView but there is NoDriveTypeAutoRun with a value of hex
91. I guess this is not what you were referring to.

I'm going to try re-installing Windows and if I can get back to this
newsgroup before nightfall I'll tell if it worked.

Regards Lee

[Lee Antony]

Here I am back again after the re-install. Everything seems ok with nothing
missing. Is that because i selected the repair option rather than a complete
install?

Many thanks for your help.
Regards Lee

[Wesley Vogel]

Well, that's one way to fix things. Keep having fun.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:01AF7996-6E1E-41F7...@microsoft.com,

Lee Antony <LeeA...@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:

[coal_...@hotmail.com]

Hi,

If your password is lost or forgotten you can reset it using Active@
Password Changer tool. That is a really useful soft, it can perform the
operation quickly and is user friendly. Give it a try in case, that
should help.

http://www.password-changer.com/