External drives not showing under 'my computer'

sabashuali

sabashuali

Ani Ma'amin
Hi all

I am using Windows XP Pro so I think I am in the right place...
I am at work (for a change...hehe) and I have a USB DVD-Writer connected to my machine. The computer (which, BTW, only has a CD-ROM drive) recognises it as it has been conncted before.
I can see it under the device manager but not under 'My Computer'.

Also when I use the burning software it recognises it as the 'burn to' device.

I have the same 'problem' when I connect a USB CD-Writer (I share the hardware with other users so normaly I use the CD-Writer but sometimes I need to burn a DVD or retreive data from a DVD disk). It is not a massive problem but does get annoying if I am trying to access a DVD disk's content and the DVD disk does not auto play.

Any ideas?
 
This might solve it, as you use a network;

Try this with the DVD drive attached
1) Right-Click My Computer, click Manage
2) Navigate to "Disk Managment" under "Storage"
3) In the Bottom half of the window select the CD/DVD drive
4) Right-Click then "Change Drive Letter And Paths"
5) Click Change
6) Select a spare letter from the drop-down list
7) Click Ok, then Yes
8) Close

That may solve your problem,
 
Thanks computerboff! I will give it a go when I am back in the office!

sabashuali said:
I am using Windows XP Pro so I think I am in the right place...
I am at work (for a change...hehe)
Click to expand...

Yup, for some reason my firm ( amulti national massive firm) did not heed my call to scrap Microsoft's products and lose a multi million contract with some other third parties.

Cannot think why.....mmmmm

So, yes I am forced to use XP at work and even more unfortunate, at home (it is actualy the rest of the squaters....).

Oh well.... it will all come in handy one day when I am studying for my A+ and MSCE.
 
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