Have a R32 ThinkPad running Windows XP. The CD-RW does not recognize any discs. I have uninstalled the driver and rebooted the system and reinstalled the hardware. I have downloaded the latest BIOS from the Lenovo website. Still when I go to My Computer on the Desktop the CD Drive does not show up??? I can load a CD and I can fell the drive spooling up but nothing else happens. Tried audio and video discs......nothing. What are my next steps????

Thanks,

rokit

P.S. I have run PC Doctor on the CD and it says Can Not Run Test when I try.

start > controll pannel > system > hardware > device manager ,

does the drive show here ?

Also, did you by chance recently un-install any cd burning or related software? I have seen this occur with uninstallations of Roxio and another burning packages.

start > controll pannel > system > hardware > device manager ,

does the drive show here ?

Yes, It shows CD and under CD it shows IC25N03OATC504-0. This is where I uninstalled the driver and then reinstalled it when I rebooted the system.

enabled in device manager ?

driver roll back ?

Also, did you by chance recently un-install any cd burning or related software? I have seen this occur with uninstallations of Roxio and another burning packages.

No

enabled in device manager ?

driver roll back ?

yes and yes

system restore ?

system restore ?

No. Go back to a certain date??

latest available prior to your problem

latest available prior to your problem

Sorry for the slow response but TOT was out working on the lines. Tried restore, went back 2 months but did not solve the problem. Anything else I can try???

without a doubt ,

i'm out unless you want to obtain a copy of tune-up 2007 , amongst other things it lets you specify drives to be shown ,

therefore there is a system setting somewhere .........................

maybe some others can chime in ?

Perhaps the drive letter assignment has been removed somehow... go to Start -> Run -> "diskmgmt.msc"

When you see a list of all the physical drives, right-click the drive and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." Then you can see if the drive has been assigned a letter. If the list is blank, assign the next available letter after your fixed hard drive to it.

If it has a drive letter but still doesn't show in explorer, the OS may be hiding it. Install TweakUI from microsoft and find the section "My Computer" > "Drives" and make sure all letters are checked.

Power down, remove the drive, boot up.

Power down, check all contacts for dirt or corrosion, re-install the drive, boot up.

Perhaps the drive letter assignment has been removed somehow... go to Start -> Run -> "diskmgmt.msc"

When you see a list of all the physical drives, right-click the drive and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." Then you can see if the drive has been assigned a letter. If the list is blank, assign the next available letter after your fixed hard drive to it.

If it has a drive letter but still doesn't show in explorer, the OS may be hiding it. Install TweakUI from microsoft and find the section "My Computer" > "Drives" and make sure all letters are checked.

CD drive does not show only the main drive marked with a "C"

Power down, remove the drive, boot up.

Power down, check all contacts for dirt or corrosion, re-install the drive, boot up.

Tried this, still have problem