PC is not recognizing any of my cd/dvd's drives?

[munchie17]

Hey all.
I am not sure if I am in the right place? I have a HP pavillion and am running XP. I just downloaded IE 7 thinking that might help because I was having some trouble with flash 10. I can't view anything on youtube and I could before. I can view it all with firefox. But, now out of the blue my pc doesn't recognize my externel DVD/recorder or my internel CD player. I am so confused and can't figure this out. I have tried to restore back a week or so ago and it won't work. When I click on my computer, those drives are not there!
Help please.
Thank you!

[Broni]

1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

[munchie17]

Thank you Broni! The cdgone fix worked like a charm! I am very happy!!.

[Broni]

We got a winner!