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non tech and fru... non tech and frustrated View Member Profile	Jul 5 2008, 08:53 PM Post #1
New Member Group: New Member Posts: 1 Joined: 5-July 08 Member No.: 80,071 Operating System: windows xp	hi i need saome help. my cd/dvd drive is not working. i just bought a cd/dvd re-writer to add to my pc, but now the original cd/dvd drive is not being recognised. i have gone into device manager, it is showing in'disk drives' instead of 'cd-rom/dvd drives'. device manager also says the drive is working properly (but it clearly aint) in 'my computer' only the newer drive is recognised. i have tried searching for a driver for the first cd/dvd drive i had (sony ddu1615-ds) but i cant find anything. i am not techincally savy so please be gentle and patient with me. what have i done wrong? please help.

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