Tks mark ... neither approach has helped.
shel Mark Cassino wrote: > > Hi Shel - > > Just a couple of ideas - > > Have you tried opening up the PC and checking the cables? Maybe a loose > cable came undone. > > If you are running Win ME or Xp and have system restore active, you can > just roll back your system settings to an earlier time. Search on 'System > Restore' in the Help application for more details. My CDR went wonky a > while back, and I just rolled back the system a couple of days and it was > fine after that. > > Good luck! > > - MCC > > At 07:06 AM 4/15/2004 -0700, you wrote: > >My computer no longer recognizes the CD reader/player or > >the CD burner drives. Checking the system it seems that the > >drivers for these drives have "disappeared," either by an > >inadvertent erasure, becoming corrupt, or damaged by the > >recent installation of a new program. > > > >I don't know what the drivers are, so I can't find them on > >installation software and reload them. > > > >Any thoughts to how this problem can be solved, other than > >to make a long trip to the computer repair shop? > > > >I do have two other computers that can read CD's, so, if I > >knew what drivers to look for, I might be able to copy them > >to a transfer medium (like my camera's memory card) and > >upload them to the damaged computer through the card reader. > > > >shel (feeling so "down under") > > ----- > > Mark Cassino Photography > > Kalamazoo, MI > > http://www.markcassino.com > > -----

