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Question posted by barryredfern26 on March 17th, 2012

Cd/dvd Drives Not Recognized

CD/DVD Drives not recognized. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling drives through device manager. Also tried uninstalling/reinstalling windows media. Any suggestions?

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