cd drive not showing up in xp

woods · 11-06-02, 12:31 PM

I am trying to save my sys from a dying hdd. I am putting in a new WD 40Gig to replace my almost dead Quantum 10Gig. well for some reason the cd drive shows up in bios and when detecting ide drives but not in win!!!!! I need this so I can use he file transfer program on the xp cd. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

ronin1967 · 11-06-02, 12:48 PM

Check the jumper and cable location of cd-rom.

XP can be funny about detecting drives, especially drives setup on cable select

RED Hot Machine · 11-06-02, 03:19 PM

I had that problem the other day when I was doing some thing for my uncle in winME.

Not sure where the setting is in XP but check what drives you have it set to display.

What had happened in my uncle's case was that he had set it only to show drives a-d in TWEAKUI and I had to change it to show E aswell.

xvi3tsoljahx · 11-06-02, 04:21 PM

i have the same problem. I just looked at the jumper and fixed it... such as slave and master

woods · 11-06-02, 04:35 PM

red hot machine, thank you.That turned out to be my problem.

jacheatamobits · 11-08-02, 08:47 PM

yeah i got a similar problem, only that it happens sporadicly, and is only resolved by a reboot... my connections are fine as well as the jumpers

it just doesnt show

CaptBill · 11-09-02, 01:41 PM

glad is working

11-06-02, 12:31 PM	Thread Starter #1
woods Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth Texas	cd drive not showing up in xp I am trying to save my sys from a dying hdd. I am putting in a new WD 40Gig to replace my almost dead Quantum 10Gig. well for some reason the cd drive shows up in bios and when detecting ide drives but not in win!!!!! I need this so I can use he file transfer program on the xp cd. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? __________________ HOOT is my idol. I salute you HOOT! A midget may kill a giant, but that makes him no taller.
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11-06-02, 12:48 PM	#2
ronin1967 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Highland Park, NJ	Check the jumper and cable location of cd-rom. XP can be funny about detecting drives, especially drives setup on cable select
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11-06-02, 03:19 PM	#3
RED Hot Machine Inactive Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: London, England.	I had that problem the other day when I was doing some thing for my uncle in winME. Not sure where the setting is in XP but check what drives you have it set to display. What had happened in my uncle's case was that he had set it only to show drives a-d in TWEAKUI and I had to change it to show E aswell. __________________ You only live once, look out for those true friends and never forget them EVER!!
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11-06-02, 04:21 PM	#4
xvi3tsoljahx Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: KaliforNia LoVe	i have the same problem. I just looked at the jumper and fixed it... such as slave and master
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11-06-02, 04:35 PM	Thread Starter #5
woods Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth Texas	red hot machine, thank you.That turned out to be my problem. __________________ HOOT is my idol. I salute you HOOT! A midget may kill a giant, but that makes him no taller.
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11-08-02, 08:47 PM	#6
jacheatamobits Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: you cant spell stupid w/out SIU	yeah i got a similar problem, only that it happens sporadicly, and is only resolved by a reboot... my connections are fine as well as the jumpers it just doesnt show __________________ █████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████
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11-09-02, 01:41 PM	#7
CaptBill Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bastrop, Tx	glad is working
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