cd-rw not working or showing up

[Ðmª¡§T€R]

Hey can ya'll help me? My problem is that, my cd-rw doesnt show up in MY COMPUTER folder, neither in the system properties (device manager), all of a sudden, it disappeared. I tried searching for new hardware, but it wouldnt detect it. The only thing I can think off that maybe messed it up is, that i installed the new version of Virtual Daemon. I did not disconnect any wires or anything, all i did was install Daemon Tool's. I tried rebooting and it didnt work. Any fixes there might be out there? I need help please.
Windows Xp Home
1.8 ghz
256 mb ram
60 gb HD
Sony CD-rw (forgot model cause it doesnt show up in system properties (device manager))

****I SEE ANOTHER THREAD THAT IS SIMILAR TO MINES, BUT MINES CANT EVEN RECOGNIZE THE CD-RW (ACTUAL HARDWARE NOT A CD) AND IT WONT EVEN OPEN UP THE TRAY****

[AntiFragger]

If the tray won't open then there is a power issue..

open the side of the towner and make sure the molex plug is seated comletly into the male hole of the cdrom.

AntiFrag

[Ðmª¡§T€R]

i dont know if its a power issue, cause it happened to me once before, and i reformatted the pc and then it worked fine. But this time i dont want to reformat, well i guess ill try the power and cords stuff

[BuBBeN]

is it maybe disabled in hardware manager?
i dunno if a disabled drive would open ..would it?

[Ðmª¡§T€R]

the weird thing is that it doesnt show up in device manager... its very weird, somehow virtual daemon disabled it or overwrote some files of it.

[BuBBeN]

Try some of this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q320553&

or some of this:

http://members.aol.com/axcel216/xp2.htm#GBYC

(bottom of page)

But if it doesnt open it sure sounds like power or even hardware failure.



or maybe this is the problem:

http://www.virtualcd-online.com/vcd/...modus=and&lg=0

"After installing Virtual CD I cannot access my local or network CD drive

If the drive that has "DISAPPEARed" uses a DOS driver, then does not report its drive letter to Virtual CD during installation. Change the drive letters of the virtual CD drives manually via the Windows system settings. After a reboot the lost drives should reappear."

[Kiv]

check to see if you can read it in the bIOS, if not, uninstall what you installed last... also win xp has a thing called system restore.... USE IT!!

go to start, accesories, system restore, click on the event before you installed the thing, and hit go back... it should work then..

[Ðmª¡§T€R]

Wow! thanks for the help, but today i turned on my pc, and all of a sudden it just appeared there, in another drive letter though... well thx for the help!