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Mon 06/06/05 at 23:44
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When I go into My Computer it's not even there.

It has power though, but I don't know how to make the computer recognize it.

Any ideas?
Thu 09/06/05 at 16:51
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thank you very much
Thu 09/06/05 at 00:26
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"bing bang bong"
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Thu 09/06/05 at 00:25
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Go to this page to download the Real Alternative package. It includes Media Player Classic, which is the best, no-nonsense media player for Windows (it also plays DVDs out the box):

[URL]http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm[/URL]
Wed 08/06/05 at 22:53
"bdp(big_dude_paul)"
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i have the same problem as you, does it give you a really rubbish website to visit, that doesn't actually have a decoder?
Wed 08/06/05 at 21:15
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Oddly enough... yes it would

All drives are now recognized. I don't know how they weren't before though, it's not like I pulled them out when formatting.

One problem : My DVD Drive doesn't play DVDs. Which is a fairly big problem.

A compatible DVD decoder isn't installed on the computer apparently, but I didn't install anything special the first time...

Does Windows not provide one?
Tue 07/06/05 at 23:53
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Would disconnecting it then reconnecting it make it work?
Tue 07/06/05 at 23:53
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down wrote:
> None at all? What if I disconnect it then reconnect it?
>
> And what bit is the BIOS list?

The BIOS is what gets started when you first turn on your computer - all that white-on-black text you get when you first turn your computer on is your BIOS output. If you watch at this time it should probably print out some kind of status as to what IDE drives are plugged into it, your hard disks, CDRW et al. If you don't see anything pertaining to your CDRW around this time then it isn't being detected by the BIOS, and if it isn't being detected by the BIOS it won't be detected by Windows, as Windows only detects devices plugged into the computer via the BIOS.
Tue 07/06/05 at 18:16
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None at all? What if I disconnect it then reconnect it?

And what bit is the BIOS list?
Tue 07/06/05 at 18:13
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Did you disconnect it when you were trying to get your hard disks to work in the other post?

It's quite possible that your CDRW drive has bitten the dust, and is/was the cause of all your instability problems (I think I'm reading between the lines here). Is it shown in the BIOS device list at startup? If it's not shown there then there's no chance it will be detected by Windows.
Mon 06/06/05 at 23:44
Posts: 4,686
When I go into My Computer it's not even there.

It has power though, but I don't know how to make the computer recognize it.

Any ideas?

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