I have a compaq presario 5430 running win xp and somehow have lost my dvd 
rom and the cd rom. They were drive E and F but are no longer recognized at
 all.
My actions to this point have been (1)  I went to Device Hardware and 
initially had the yellow question mark in Device Hardware overlaying each
 Rom device. So,  I right clicked and ran the troubleshooter. It couldn't 
complete and came back with a code 39 error. (2)  At that point, I right
clicked and deleted the drivers, thinking that when I rebooted it would 
source out what was on the machine and reinstall it. Unfortunately, that 
wasn't  the case.
Now, they are no longer in "my computer" or "device hardware" at all. They 
aren't recognized anywhere.
Next, I'm thinking to unplug them from the ribbon and boot up.Thinking this 
would change the settings. Then shut down, plug them back in and reboot.
Thinking this might make the machine rereference them as new and pull the 
drivers.
In retrospect,  I think this might have happened when I disconnected an 
external HP dvd writer from the computer. I don't know for sure but maybe it
used the same drivers and eliminated them when it recognized that the 
external writer was no longer connected ?!
This machine is about 4 years old and I haven't used either of these drives 
much at all so I'm not 100%  sure when I lost them.
Please, in simple terms, explain the right way to get them back. Other 
ideas?? Thanks in advance.
Vern Plumlee

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