[H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP

Folks, My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Shows up in the bios, I can boot to cd/dvd's - I've even reinstalled WinXP to a different directory via cd on the same drive, but on booting to that install - still no DVD drive. I tried flashing the firmware with NEC's official .exe

Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP

j m g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, My NEC-3540 has completely disappeared from WinXP SP2. Any idea's? Thanks. Start with the basics: Is it in device manager, disabled? Search for new hardware? Ghost/phantom devices? hth, al

Re: Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP

I've run into this problem before. I use to encrypt my Temp directories. While applying various M$ patches, the files became corrupted and/or unreadable. If this is the case for you, you have to find all of the encrupted files in the $windir and replace them with non-encrypted versions.Hope that

Re: Re: [H]DVDRW disappeared from WinXP

Thanks folks, - I'll try the reg keys. Has stopped showing up everywhere - not in device manager at all, since it's the 1 drive I don't even have a section for CD/DVD's, not in Storage device under Computer management, doesn't pop when I do add/remove hardware, etc. And it's a box thats been

RE: [H] files to vista ?

I have a U3 2gig that shows up on two different drive letters, not even consecutive, maybe she is looking at the wrong one. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:07 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

RE: [H] files to vista ?

crone be crone, possible I guess :-} hope all is well fp At 07:15 PM 4/19/2007, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: I have a U3 2gig that shows up on two different drive letters, not even consecutive, maybe she is looking at the wrong one. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]