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I have an older pc with a iomega zip650 cd writer installed. It worked fine
and now all of the sudden the pc doesn't recognize the drive in the control
panel. I took the drive out and then put it back in....still didn't
recognize it. I then put the drive in my sons pc and it recognized it. Again
back to my pc....not recognized.

I don't know too much about installing things but I did originally install
this drive as well as the one that is currently in my sons pc from the
pictures in the books that came with them. I don't mind going out and buying
a new cdrw as this one is slow but I want to make sure a new drive is going
to solve the problem.

Could it be the drive or could something be wrong with the wires that are
attached to it?



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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:09:46 -0500, in
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Scout Lady scrawled:

>I have an older pc with a iomega zip650 cd writer installed. It worked fine
>and now all of the sudden the pc doesn't recognize the drive in the control
>panel. I took the drive out and then put it back in....still didn't
>recognize it. I then put the drive in my sons pc and it recognized it. Again
>back to my pc....not recognized.
>
>I don't know too much about installing things but I did originally install
>this drive as well as the one that is currently in my sons pc from the
>pictures in the books that came with them. I don't mind going out and buying
>a new cdrw as this one is slow but I want to make sure a new drive is going
>to solve the problem.
>
>Could it be the drive or could something be wrong with the wires that are
>attached to it?
>

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"°Mike°" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Try new cables before you purchase a new drive.
>
Okay, there is a flat gray cable with a red edge that plugs into the board
in 2 places, and into the hard drive, the other cd rom drive, that cdrw
drive and the floppy. What is this cable called and is it a standard cable?

Thanks in advance.
>
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:09:46 -0500, in
> <bvmosi$u7bus$>
> Scout Lady scrawled:
>
> >I have an older pc with a iomega zip650 cd writer installed. It worked
fine
> >and now all of the sudden the pc doesn't recognize the drive in the
control
> >panel. I took the drive out and then put it back in....still didn't
> >recognize it. I then put the drive in my sons pc and it recognized it.
Again
> >back to my pc....not recognized.
> >
> >I don't know too much about installing things but I did originally
install
> >this drive as well as the one that is currently in my sons pc from the
> >pictures in the books that came with them. I don't mind going out and
buying
> >a new cdrw as this one is slow but I want to make sure a new drive is
going
> >to solve the problem.
> >
> >Could it be the drive or could something be wrong with the wires that are
> >attached to it?
> >
>
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"Scout Lady" <> wrote in message news:bvmosi$u7bus$...
> I have an older pc with a iomega zip650 cd writer installed. It worked fine
> and now all of the sudden the pc doesn't recognize the drive in the control
> panel. I took the drive out and then put it back in....still didn't
> recognize it. I then put the drive in my sons pc and it recognized it. Again
> back to my pc....not recognized.
>
> I don't know too much about installing things but I did originally install
> this drive as well as the one that is currently in my sons pc from the
> pictures in the books that came with them. I don't mind going out and buying
> a new cdrw as this one is slow but I want to make sure a new drive is going
> to solve the problem.
>
> Could it be the drive or could something be wrong with the wires that are
> attached to it?
>
>
>
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Found this on google a while ago and saved the info to a text file for a friend it happened to. It worked for her.

RE: CD-RW Has disappeared from XP
IP: Logged

Message:
1. Click on START button, the click on RUN
2. Enter REGEDIT and press enter
3. When REGEDIT starts, open up the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. After clicking on {4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} you should see two settings on the right-hand side:
"Upperfilters"
"Lowerfilters"
Click on each of them, press DELETE and click YES.

Then close REGEDIT, shutdown & restart your PC

Good luck,
tree


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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:59:15 -0500, in
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Scout Lady scrawled:

>
>"°Mike°" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Try new cables before you purchase a new drive.
>>
>Okay, there is a flat gray cable with a red edge that plugs into the board
>in 2 places, and into the hard drive, the other cd rom drive, that cdrw
>drive and the floppy. What is this cable called and is it a standard cable?

Oh, boy! They are IDE/ATA cables.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/id...Cable80-c.html
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html

If in doubt, take the old cable to your supplier.

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"Scout Lady" <> wrote in message
news:bvmosi$u7bus$...
> I have an older pc with a iomega zip650 cd writer installed. It worked
fine
> and now all of the sudden the pc doesn't recognize the drive in the
control
> panel. I took the drive out and then put it back in....still didn't
> recognize it. I then put the drive in my sons pc and it recognized it.
Again
> back to my pc....not recognized.
>
> I don't know too much about installing things but I did originally install
> this drive as well as the one that is currently in my sons pc from the
> pictures in the books that came with them. I don't mind going out and
buying
> a new cdrw as this one is slow but I want to make sure a new drive is
going
> to solve the problem.
>
> Could it be the drive or could something be wrong with the wires that are
> attached to it?
click on to computer and you will see your drives come up
clik onto the drives and rename them as in c d e because the computer
doesn't know which is which keep a note of the changes you have made this
happened to me when I installed a cdrw and I had to rename the drives (
really in a way to fool yourself)
> Mind you it is archaeic and likely worn out
Newer cds ect have codes to defeat mear molluscs of that order mine is two
years old but is already a grandad. get a nerw dvd/cd.w and get clone to
make copies
>
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