Thank you...I think that did do it! The CD/DVD drive has once again 
shown up and appears to be working normally.

Thanks you very much...

Loy

On 2011-11-21 4:54 PM, Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> The MS filter fix may solve this problem.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Loy Pressley<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>> I have an old Dell Computer with a 150 Gig hard drive running WinXP SP2.
>> It has always worked great although it is getting old and slow. I recently
>> deleted some data files and uninstalled some old programs. Now, My Computer
>> does not show the CD/DVD drive and I can't access it with Windows Explorer.
>>
>> The CD/DVD drive does show up in Device Manager and it says the device is
>> operating properly.
>>
>>   I shut down the system, waited a few minutes, and then restarted the
>> system. The drive still does not show up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
>>
>> I must have deleted something or done something to cause this problem. Any
>> help would be greatly appreciated. I have a printer to install if I can get
>> the system to recognize the CD/DVD drive so I can install the drivers.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Loy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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