cd rom drives not detecting in windows??

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hello, i just earlier today i was using my cd rom drives to install games, and look over some older backup cd's for some files i needed (i just formatted my harddrive the other day). and after re-starting the computer, i go to play a game and it says to insert the cd. the cd was inserted, then i noticed that my cd rom drives were not showing up under my computer or windows explorer. they do show up in the bios , however.

does anyone know what to do about this wierd problem?
i was just using them 15 minutes ago.
 
Have you tried re-booting?

do they detect in the device manager?
if they do, uninstall them and re-boot.
 
If all else fails, delete the IDE drivers in Device manager and see if it re-detects the CD-roms when it re-detects the IDE ports.
 
well, i uninstalled them in device manager, and re-booted.
(i use XP pro)

when i re-booted and i was in windows, messages popped up from the system tray icon area saying that new cd-roms were found. then i re-checked my computer and they werent there, so i checked the device manager again and they have yellow exclamation marks next to them and when i click properties it says:

Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

any idea of what i should do now?
 
hey i did what that site said to, and it works.
thank you very much, i appreciate it.
 
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