by the way, tnx patio & redbull for quick replies.again dont know for what reason my cd rom drive is workable now.i just let my cd lens cleaner spin and spin and spin in the drive,then boot, reboot and reboot thats all and its worth it.now it shows in the device manager and the system information yields data in its value column.tnx again to both of you for the reaction.
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