I've been using the same PC for quite a while with no problem. p41.7GHz win xp . . .
had a power outage the other day and the cd, dvd, floppy and zip drives are not readable in 'my computer' any more. Usually gives me a message like "drive not recoginzed format" sometimes asks me if i want to format the disk sometimes not. when i browse (double-click) the disk a new window open but nothing is displayed. except for when i boot into windows with a disk in one of the drives then i can read it until i remove it.
in disk management the drives are recognized just fine but i still can't explore the disks.
drives are good (tested in another PC). cables are good. motherboard was replaced. new power supply. ????
any thoughts?
had a power outage the other day and the cd, dvd, floppy and zip drives are not readable in 'my computer' any more. Usually gives me a message like "drive not recoginzed format" sometimes asks me if i want to format the disk sometimes not. when i browse (double-click) the disk a new window open but nothing is displayed. except for when i boot into windows with a disk in one of the drives then i can read it until i remove it.
in disk management the drives are recognized just fine but i still can't explore the disks.
drives are good (tested in another PC). cables are good. motherboard was replaced. new power supply. ????
any thoughts?