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Offline KappaWing

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Windows XP Not Detecting Drives
Windows detects my internal hard drive and my external hard drive, but it no longer detects my internal CD, external DVD, external CD, and mounted virtual drive. It seems like windows no longer detects devices with removable storage. Help!  :confused:

I went in to device manager and found that windows knows it has the drivers installed, but cannot detect that the hardware exists. The only solution it gives is that my hardware is broken. theres no way all of my drives broke at once!
« Last Edit: October 26, 2007, 08:02:29 pm by KappaWing »
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: Windows XP Not Detecting Drives
This happens to me too occasinally. I'm pretty sure it's just that parts of the OS have gotten corrupt.

 

Offline Scuddie

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Re: Windows XP Not Detecting Drives
What does Disk Management say?  What codes (if any) is Device Manager giving?
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Offline KappaWing

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Re: Windows XP Not Detecting Drives
From Device Manager:

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)
For all of my CD/DVD drives, real and virtual.
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Offline KappaWing

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Re: Windows XP Not Detecting Drives
Oops deleted the whole section by accident!

I need a reformat anyway.

Thanks for the help!
"Your efforts to interdict me have failed, papacy. Pentagon, engage propaganda drive."
"Now, Protestant scum, you will see the power of this fully armed and operational Papal Station!"