I can,t find my dvd drive or my cd-rom under Device Manager. But my cd drive power light keeps blinking. whats causing this to happen? They were working fine untill this. I,m just getting into building p.cs so i hope you understand my question. your help would be really wonderfull.

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Did they just randomly do this or did something change recently? It sounds to me like either a loose cable or the jumpers are incorrect. But otherwise your system boots into Windows just fine, right? Check the cables & jumpers for starters, and then give us more info about your computer.

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Did they just randomly do this or did something change recently? It sounds to me like either a loose cable or the jumpers are incorrect. But otherwise your system boots into Windows just fine, right? Check the cables & jumpers for starters, and then give us more info about your computer. thank you sir.......i,mma check it now

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Did they just randomly do this or did something change recently? It sounds to me like either a loose cable or the jumpers are incorrect. But otherwise your system boots into Windows just fine, right? Check the cables & jumpers for starters, and then give us more info about your computer. honestly.....i was tryn to feel out this new software i got......WINNER TWEAK3 and i click on the option DISK CLEANER and probly clean my F DRIVE an this was the result. But get this my p.c showing 3 hardrives & i only got 1. Whats up with that? Can i create a drive image?

i was tryn to feel out this new software i got......WINNER TWEAK3 and i click on the option DISK CLEANER and probly clean my F DRIVE an this was the result.Oh boy... This isn't sounding good...

Ok, first of all, don't use these kinds of products. Everything they do you can do better (if you know how) or they shouldn't be done at all. If your computer is really that bogged down and bloated, reinstalling Windows is actually your best solution. Windows collects crud over time, and sometimes strange problems are just the result of a computer that's been running for far too long without a break.

To fix this problem (if it can still be fixed) we need to know more about your system, both hardware and software. We can get to the bottom of this!

Agree that a clean or a repair installation installation might be a good approach once we can exclude a hardware problem.

Which version of Windows is this.
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But my cd drive power light keeps blinking. Try disconnecting both opticals - check how the system works.

Then add back each one on its own and see if the system works.
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my p.c showing 3 hardrives
Is this in the MMC or in My Computer and are they all "identical" and what drive letters do they have. Do you see three HDDs in Disk Management (if using Win2K/XP by entering diskmgmt.msc in the run box).
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Can i create a drive image?
Probably. Try ImageForWindows (includes ImageForDOS) or BootIt-NG from http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ - all the utilities are fully functional trialware.

Agree that a clean or a repair installation installation might be a good approach once we can exclude a hardware problem.

Which version of Windows is this.
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Try disconnecting both opticals - check how the system works.

Then add back each one on its own and see if the system works.
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Is this in the MMC or in My Computer and are they all "identical" and what drive letters do they have. Do you see three HDDs in Disk Management (if using Win2K/XP by entering diskmgmt.msc in the run box).
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. it has the main hardrive---c then "a "and" f "showing as local disk........and its in my computer. For the dvd drive it says: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

Which version of Windows ???

See http://tinyurl.com/8n5nr

Where it says:
"Code 39
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

Recommended resolution
Reasons for this error include a driver that is not present; a binary file that is corrupted; a file I/O problem, or a driver that references an entry point in another binary file that could not be loaded.
Uninstall the driver, and then click Scan for hardware changes to reinstall or upgrade the driver.
On the General Properties tab of the device, click Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard."

See http://tinyurl.com/8n5nr

Where it says:
"Code 39
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

[." i saw this when i open device manager & click on the dvd drive ( Micro Advantage dvd +or-) Device status

I give up if you cannot tell us what version of windows you are running.

I give up if you cannot tell us what version of windows you are running. sorry dawg........windows xp professional sp2

I would still try the optical drives one at a time to try to identify any hardware problems before trying software fixes - if you havent already done so.

There is a registry patch that may fix this for WinXP in the download www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip Use it at your own risk and note that one may need to reinstall any CD burning software after merging its contents into the registry.

More on the patch and fix at:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4176&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=af00668d2f01b75d94c63e6822cae0c4