Dissapearing drives (from explorer)

[-JQ-]

Hello everyone,

How goes it? This is my first post to this site.  I searched the forum for my problem and found a few threads but none had any solutions.  What happens is, when I first boot my computer, my DVD and CD burner drives will show up in explorer.  At some unkown point after that they stop showing up.  This is accompanied by a problem I am having installing a game (black and white 2) where it keeps saying that it is searching for files it cannot find while installing.  I don't know if that is related but thought I would throw it in there in case it is.  Here is some system info on my PC:

OS          Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer   ASUSTeK Computer INC.   
System Model      A7N8X   
System Type      X86-based PC

Processor                      x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2162 Mhz   

BIOS Version/Date                   Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X ACPI BIOS Rev 1004, 5/14/2003 SMBIOS Version 2.2      

Available Physical Mem   1,007.50 MB   
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB   
Available Virtual Mem   1.96 GB

DVD burner Manufacturer   LG
Name         HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N   

CD burner      YAMAHA CRW2100E      

Sound         Creative SB Extigy

Video         NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Adapter Type      GeForce 6800 GT, NVIDIA compatible   
Adapter Description                   NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT   
Adapter RAM      256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes)   
Installed Drivers                   nv4_disp.dll   
Driver Version      6.14.10.9371   

[patio]

Do you use Daemon tools or other virtual drive software on that machine ? ?

If not try this. Go to Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager.
Right click both of the optical drives and select remove. You will get a warning...ignore it.

Upon re-boot Windows will automatically re-install the devices.

Let us Know.

[-JQ-]

Thanks for the reply.  I do not use daemon tools.  The thing is, the drives always show up after reboot.  It is later that they dissapear.  However, I will try your suggestion and see what happens.

BTW, I forgot to mention, I use Norton Antivirus 2005 and Fix-It Utilities 5.