Help my dvd drive has gone

! on my dvd drive i dont know what to do i have been told that i need to reinstall windows but with out a dvd drive i cant back my files up is there another way. i have tried deleting my IDE
Tristan

 

Have you tried uninstalling the dvd drive itself and rebooting? Also, have you tried deleting the second IDE controller? Or have you done that? Also, check the IDe connections are all OK inside your case.

 

I think so ddp. That's what I thought he meant by this..

 

If so, you can see this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123

Or try this little trick..

Hope that helps.

 

hey guys sorry ive been at work... yes i have taken the dvd drive out and then rebboted, i have also deleted all the ide controllers and rebooted and then they install themselves again.
i am not sure if the mother doard sees my dvd drive as i dont know how to check but the exclemation mark is in device manager and it tells me when it is installed

 

also there is error 32 i will start to have a bit more of a play around, thanks for your help guys.

 

Hey guys i have fixed the problem

it was error 32 in registry one of the cd programs apparently coorupts it some how?

 

thanks for the help

 

I would like to jump in on this discussion as I also am in the market for a new burner. What does anyone think of the LG Electronics GSA-H10L 16x Internal Super Multi DVD / CD Rewriter? How does it compare?

 

hi what are you wanting to compare it against? as it depends on this

 

Sorry--I clicked the wrong button for another forum question about new burners....disregard this one.........tks.