CD drive no longer available after installing iTunes

I have windows XP. Once iTunes has been installed, the
CD-Rom drives cease to be available in the windows explorer.
I'm not desperate to run iTunes, that wonderful software.
X X X
Nadine

hi nadine!
I have windows XP. Once iTunes has been installed, the
CD-Rom drives cease to be available in the windows explorer.
i see you've got a Packard Bell. could you check something for me? go into your Device Manager (right-click "My Computer", select "Manage", select "Device Manager"), and check to see if you've got a warning/alert message showing up next to your optical drives referencing "code 41".
if you do see a code 41 in there, this post has information on some other techniques that have been getting people past the Packard Bell code 41 optical drive disappearances:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=2058815
love, b

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