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Drives not Recognized
I installed a pirated version of Nero and afterwards neither of my drives are recognized. Yes, I know pirated software is wrong. But I used it, and I picked up some viruses and worms. My bad and my own fauly. have a CDRW and a DVDRW, both Lite-on, and neither are recognized in "My Computer" or any program. The device manager see's them but says they are not functioning. I tried letting XP set them up through "add new hardware" in the control panel but it doesn't work. I saw somewhere online that I need to do some registry editing. I ran AVG virus and found a couple worms. I cleaned that up. I also ran my Ad-aware and cleaned out all spyware. What do I do? I really want to format but need to back stuff up first, but need access to my drives. Help me guys.
Windows XP SP2
Athlon XP 1800@ 360 FSB 2.1GHZ
1GB DR333 @ 360
Ti4200 64mb
Biostar M7CND Pro
Liteon 52x CDRW
Liteon 16x DVDRW
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Downloaded it, installed it, restarted the computer, nothing changed. Any other ideas I can try out?
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Stark Raving MOD
run a system restore to a point before you installed nero.
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I'm such a dork. I can't believe I didn't think of system restore. It worked. The comp is working great now. Thanks man. =)
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Scan again for viruses as they may have been backed up.
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Originally Posted by Ol'Tunzafun
Scan again for viruses as they may have been backed up.
1. Yep. And do a free on-line scan with HouseCall, Kasperski or both.
2. I have a lot of respect for folks who own up to their errors - no rationalizing etc. - Just, "I messed up."
3. Thank You! - For your Service!
John B. USAF (Ret)
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1. thanks
2. thanks
3.thanks
Sysopt has basically taught me how to fix computers. I used to be here every single day back in 2004. always find good help here. Thanks for #2 comment.
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Just using restore won't always work if the worms, trojans and viruses saved in that restore point - you're lucky it worked, and remember we're not here to help you with pirated software. If it happens again may close the thread and you'll be on your own
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I went thru a brief phase of downloading some proggies, which I have long been against, but....well, I just squashed it for a while. But then smacked myself around and dumped it all. Just not right.
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