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#1 bubalugz

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 02:59 PM

hi i am hoping someone can help me my dvd rw/cd rw is not showing up in removable storage i think i can find in device manager it's a maxtor 6l160p0 but when i googled it it came up has hard drive so i'm not totaly sure if that is it i think i removed it accidently when i had my mp3 plugged in i used the remove hardware tab i think i revoved the wrong one.

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 03:23 PM

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Try deleting it in Device Manager...and rebooting.

Remove any flash drives which are currently attached.

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#3 bubalugz

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 03:49 PM

hi i have already tried that and it did'nt put it back in removable storage but thanks anyway

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 03:51 PM

me again what flash drives

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:09 PM

An .mp3 player...is a flash drive that's been slightly modified, that's why users can store data files on them.

Sometimes...having such things attached when trying to solve problems...is a self-inflicted wound that can be avoided.

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#6 bubalugz

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Posted 03 September 2009 - 08:14 PM

hi thatwas 3 weeks ago it was only the other day when i tried to make a cd and it told me i had no cd writer my cd draw won't open either is that because it's not n removable storage

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 03:59 PM

I've seen my optical drive not reflected as removeable storage...it still worked properly.

I can't give you a better answer than that.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 04:03 PM

Has anyone been inside the case?

Since the tray will not open it sounds like the power connector is disconnected.

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 04:43 PM

Have a look here

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben...p;x=12&y=13

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#10 bubalugz

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Posted 08 September 2009 - 11:20 AM

i'v double checked device manager and my dvd writer is not there i had someone check the connection and it's plugged in

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Posted 08 September 2009 - 11:48 AM

Does it even show up in Computer management> Disk management?

The lower section on the left hand side?

If not and you are sure both the power and data cables are plugged in then it may be time for a new drive. :thumbsup: