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I installed UltraISO, and for some reason my DVD drive stopped working. Sometimes it would work right when you booted up, but now it doesn't work at all. Now the CD drive isn't working either. I think i has something to do with the virtual drive, but I'm starting to get pissed. I just don't know how to fix it, can someone help? (The CD and DVD drives both eject, and they seem to work fine. But you can't view them in explorer, and they don't run anything.)
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Please read a guide at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 and try to resolve your problem .

PS: This problem has no relation with UltraISO, you may confirm that by removing UltraISO from your computer.
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Please read a guide at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 and try to resolve your problem .

PS: This problem has no relation with UltraISO, you may confirm that by removing UltraISO from your computer.

I did remove it. But the drives weren't there. I kept trying reinstalling it. Trying to take off the virtual drive. But even when I uninstall it entirely, the drives are still gone.

Oh, and I have XP not Vista

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Oh, and I have XP not Vista

The method to resolve this kind of problem is the same for both XP and Vista.
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The method to resolve this kind of problem is the same for both XP and Vista.


The Registry isn't the same. I'm not sure what to get rid of.

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Sorry, please google "lost CD/DVD drive Windows XP" for more solutions.

For example:
http://www.softwaretipspalace.com/how-to_....ive.php

BTW, the XP's KB is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 .
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I don't know if these will work. They imply that I can see the Drives in My Computer, but can't access them. They're not showing up in My Computer at all.
First method didn't work.
This is what the second method did:

So, I'm pretty sure the computer has no idea anything is wrong. But I can't use my drives.

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Please try to 'Uninstall' the problem device and re-setup it.

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I'm not seeing it...
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Sorry, I have no more ideas for how to resolve your peoblem.
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