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Re: i have a compaq f700 wont reconise cd/dvd,shows C:hard drive.D restore but no E:cd/dvd (43 Views)
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1joachim
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Registered: ‎06-18-2012
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i have a compaq f700 wont reconise cd/dvd,shows C:hard drive.D restore but no E:cd/dvd

compaq f700 only shows C: harddrive  D:restore partition but NO E:cd/dvd ,In the bios it shows cd but in the list of my hardware it shows no dvd/cd drive,,,,running vista....any ideas on how to create or make my computer reconise mycd drive

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banhien
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Registered: ‎01-29-2009
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Re: i have a compaq f700 wont reconise cd/dvd,shows C:hard drive.D restore but no E:cd/dvd

Hi,

 

Do you have a music CD ? Put it in, can you see it under Windows Explorer ? It may not be E, can be F or other alphabetic letter.

 

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BH
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Austing35
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Registered: ‎06-22-2012
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Re: i have a compaq f700 wont reconise cd/dvd,shows C:hard drive.D restore but no E:cd/dvd

Try to open up device manager and see if the drivers have been installed for this DVD drive. 

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