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navskin
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_ 		30. May 2008 @ 20:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi i just installed a new hard drive in to my pc and it is showing up in my computer as a cd rom drive , but the thing is that when i got into device manager i show it as a hard drive. do you think that i should worry about this or could it be somthing to do with my windows install.

i have 3 hard drive and dvd rom drive and a dvd rw drive.

HARD DRIVES
seagate babracuda 80gig sata X 2
maxtor ide 80gig drive.

DVD DRIVES
dvd rom sata
dvd rw ide

i check in my bios and it says that my dvd drives arer dvd drive and it says that my hard drives are hard drives. has anyone got a cule what this could be it bugging me lol. o and i am not running the sata drivein RAID MODE.

thanks
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sammorris
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_ 		31. May 2008 @ 14:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
does it just have the wrong picture in my computer or does it actually say it's a DVD-ROM drive or whatever underneath? Sometimes windows can get the icons confused.
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navskin
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_ 		31. May 2008 @ 17:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you are right it just the worng icon. tryed the drive in my other pc and it was fine, is there anyway to change it back to normal.

thanks
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sammorris
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_ 		31. May 2008 @ 17:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hm, not sure. I usually try changing the colour settings to 16-bit and back to 32-bit, seems to clear out my icon issues.
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