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used system restore: now my cdrw/dvd drive won't work

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  • 15-08-2004 4:52pm
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    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭


    had a new cd rw/dvd rom drive fitted, was having a problem so used system restore, obviously a point before the drivers were installed, now my pc is seeing the drive as simply a cd rom drive. anyway to sort this out? i don;t have the driver on a disc. it also uninstalled my nero 6 and power dvd


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Get the model of the drive, go to either the manufacturer's website or driverguide.com, download the driver, install the driver, enjoy the drive to its full potential.


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    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    doesn't say on the manufacturer front of the drive, the only thing i know is that it's a

    COMBO IDE5216CO

    been googling for an hour, still can;t find anything

    any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers


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    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Those drives shouldn't require any special drivers. Just uninstall the drive in device manager and restart the computer. Windows should do everything for you.


    Its very unlikely the drivers are the problem with it, its probbly dying. Can you try it in another computer?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Exactly what Ciaran500 said - a CD/DVD drive should not need drivers. I do know, however, my DVD burner shows up as different types of drives, depending on what type of disc I have inserted - no disc, it shows up in my computer as a CD-ROM, DVD-R, it shows up as a DVD drive, DVD+RW, it shows up as a DVD-RW drive.

    Insert a DVD (even a movie) and see if Windows will Autoplay it (of course re-install Power DVD first). Then you know it is working. Insert and Audio CD - does it play? Insert a data CD, can you read it in File Explorer? If you can't do any of these, then the drive is buggered, I would imagine.


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    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    tom dunne wrote:

    Insert a DVD (even a movie) and see if Windows will Autoplay it (of course re-install Power DVD first). Then you know it is working. Insert and Audio CD - does it play? Insert a data CD, can you read it in File Explorer? If you can't do any of these, then the drive is buggered, I would imagine.

    yeah, dvd's, vcds, cd roms and cds all work fine. just that the pc isnlt recognising the drive as a cd rewriter.

    i also unistalled the drive in device manager, but still, cd burning isn;t working.

    reinstalled nero too, just in case, that didn't do anything.


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    ColmOT [MSFT]
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    What OS?


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    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    XP Pro


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