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angus999
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_ 		10. September 2005 @ 12:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My laptop has a Sony DVD+-RW DW-D56A. It recently started saying that it had 'found new hardware' and asking for drivers.

Everytime I rebooted it did the same and eventually I located a driver in windows\system32.

It has now stopped 'finding new hardware' and asking for a driver, but.....

AnyDVD says 'no DVD drive detected'
DVD43 says the same.
My Computer/Windows Explorer does not show it as being there

Device Manager shows it as being present (together with one called AVX which I don't have).

Where has it gone, why isn't it being detected.

Thanks in advance of any help
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ddp
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_ 		10. September 2005 @ 20:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
shouldn't double post as per forum rules above & i replied to your other post. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/231051
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