Hello,

Here is a fix for one of the most common problems that cause CD drives 
to disappear. It's direct from Microsoft, and can be applied 
automatically, or you can opt to follow their detailed instructions to 
fixing it manually yourself.

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060#top>

Later, Ray Parrish

Russ Cox wrote:
> Have you looked in Device Manager? Do they show a yellow exclamation 
> point? This link might help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wilshusen" 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:27 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] E & F drives disappeared
>
>
>> It's a Gateway 840GM running XP. It has a Multi-format DVD+-RW drive
>> (E) and a DVD rom drive(F).
>>
>> In MY COMPUTER neither E nor F is listed.
>>
>> It's been several months since I've used either so not sure when it 
>> started.
>>
>> Some help would be appreciated so I can install tax software.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Harry
>>
>>
>>
>>
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