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Ide ata atapi controllers missing4/7/2024 Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. Each drive failed with the following message: ?Cannot start this hardware. Ran Microsoft Tool to automatically fix the problem? which didn'tĢ) manually checked register ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\? looking to delete the 'upperfilter' or 'lowerfilter' but they don't exist.ģ) manually uninstalled the drivers and rebooted to allow Windows to find the drives again. I have tried most if not all the usual steps - detailed below - with no success.Īny thoughts/advice would be much appreciated.ġ) Followed instructions at Microsoft for Missing cd/dvds: I have convinced myself that the hardware is ok, BIOS is ok and the problem is in some Window Driver File ? but of course my CD/DVD Drives don't work so I can't just reload from a backup cd or anything. Either the fix is laughably easy or this is a unique bug. I have lost access to both cd/dvd drives on home pc running Windows xp Home Edition with Service Pack 3: a nec nd-3550a and a lite-on 52327S.Įdit: fix for this and I suspect many other instances where devices have gone missing is posted Īs far as I know, the only change to my pc between the time I last used the dvd and the failure was some Windows Patches downloaded from Microsoft and an upgrade to the latest Firefox.īelow is the list of all that I have tried so far.
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