and what does Disk Management show/tell you?

"maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I had a question about win 2000 pro dropping recognition of the disc
drive.
> I loaded win 2000 pro, updated to SP4 along with all critical updates.
The
> system had been recognizing the two disc drives installed on the system, I
> loaded numerous software applications using the disc drives then after a
> re-boot, they dropped both disc drives from my computer, although they
were
> still listed in the device manager as working properly with no problems.
> They were gone from the system. How can I get these drives up and working
> properly again?
> --
> demain

We are refering to hard disks?
They are IDE drives, connected direct to the mobo?
Are they identified in the bios?

"maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> They were in disk management and now they are gone.
> --
> demain
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > and what does Disk Management show/tell you?
> >
> > "maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:D2664015-5BFB-4FA8-A2D9-7959C2A98A98@microsoft.com...
> > > I had a question about win 2000 pro dropping recognition of the disc
> > drive.
> > > I loaded win 2000 pro, updated to SP4 along with all critical updates.
> > The
> > > system had been recognizing the two disc drives installed on the
system, I
> > > loaded numerous software applications using the disc drives then after
a
> > > re-boot, they dropped both disc drives from my computer, although
they
> > were
> > > still listed in the device manager as working properly with no
problems.
> > > They were gone from the system. How can I get these drives up and
working
> > > properly again?
> > > --
> > > demain
> >
> >
> >

Oh cd's, try removing in Hardware Devices

"maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> They are two IDE CD ROM drives one of the drives is CD-R\W drive. I'm
not
> sure about the BIOS. After re-loading the system they were both under
the "
> My Computer Icon" and both recognized in the "disk management." The
Device
> Manager thinks they are there and working properly! Should I delete them
from
> the device manager and let the system re recognize them?
> --
> demain
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > We are refering to hard disks?
> > They are IDE drives, connected direct to the mobo?
> > Are they identified in the bios?
> >
> > "maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:4375F711-9468-47C6-869D-70DAFF607EA9@microsoft.com...
> > > They were in disk management and now they are gone.
> > > --
> > > demain
> > >
> > >
> > > "DL" wrote:
> > >
> > > > and what does Disk Management show/tell you?
> > > >
> > > > "maind" <pugger13@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:D2664015-5BFB-4FA8-A2D9-7959C2A98A98@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I had a question about win 2000 pro dropping recognition of the
disc
> > > > drive.
> > > > > I loaded win 2000 pro, updated to SP4 along with all critical
updates.
> > > > The
> > > > > system had been recognizing the two disc drives installed on the
> > system, I
> > > > > loaded numerous software applications using the disc drives then
after
> > a
> > > > > re-boot, they dropped both disc drives from my computer, although
> > they
> > > > were
> > > > > still listed in the device manager as working properly with no
> > problems.
> > > > > They were gone from the system. How can I get these drives up and
> > working
> > > > > properly again?
> > > > > --
> > > > > demain
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >