Unable to detect CD-ROM drives.

[Chew Francis]

Hi All,
My PC having virus attack. Error message McAfee
Activeshield need to reinstall. After delecting the anti-
virus because it hangs during re-installation. When I
reboot and try to install the anti-virus again I was
unable to do it. My (two) CD-ROM drives are missing in the
MY COMPUTER. Have done virus scan but no improvement.

CD-ROM drives is missing from MY COMPUTER. Please advice
how to do it. Thks.

[NJSG]

Try checking if the CD-ROM drives are configured on BIOS. If aren't, at
computer startup press the correct key (normally, appears a text such as
"Hit DEL to run setup.") to enter setup. Find the Auto-Detect option in
IDE drives configuration area. I think that Auto-Detect is only for hard
drives, but, in my computer, it was detected two CD-ROM drives plus the
hard drive I wanted to detect.

This may help, but, if your problem are in Windows, try go to the
"Devices Manager", find for any problematic item (if it exists, it's
automatically shown) and reinstal their drivers.

Nuno Silva (aka NJSG)


Chew Francis wrote:
> Hi All,
> My PC having virus attack. Error message McAfee
> Activeshield need to reinstall. After delecting the anti-
> virus because it hangs during re-installation. When I
> reboot and try to install the anti-virus again I was
> unable to do it. My (two) CD-ROM drives are missing in the
> MY COMPUTER. Have done virus scan but no improvement.
>
> CD-ROM drives is missing from MY COMPUTER. Please advice
> how to do it. Thks.

[Dave]

Can't do anything about the CD-ROM drive.
Try AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php).


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi All,
>My PC having virus attack. Error message McAfee
>Activeshield need to reinstall. After delecting the anti-
>virus because it hangs during re-installation. When I
>reboot and try to install the anti-virus again I was
>unable to do it. My (two) CD-ROM drives are missing in
the
>MY COMPUTER. Have done virus scan but no improvement.
>
>CD-ROM drives is missing from MY COMPUTER. Please advice
>how to do it. Thks.
>.
>