Rdrokit Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 start > controll pannel > system > hardware > device manager , does the drive show here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 enabled in device manager ? driver roll back ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 enabled in device manager ?driver roll back ? yes and yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 system restore ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 system restore ? No. Go back to a certain date?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 latest available prior to your problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 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??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidleHands Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Power down, remove the drive, boot up. Power down, check all contacts for dirt or corrosion, re-install the drive, boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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