How do I get my cd-rom and my floppy drive to be reconized?

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My computer only shows computer//// for my file system and floppy drive, and it says unable to mount my floppy drive. It says no media detected for both floppy, and cd drive

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Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd) said :
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Do you have any media in the floppy or CD-rom? If you have something in the cd-rom, then an labeled icon should appear on the desktop describing what the media is, i.e. blank CD, Audio CD, etc. Also if you insert a blank CD or audio CD, a window should open stating you inserted a blank or audio CD and the window prompts you about which program to use in regards to the type of CD inserted.

Click on System > Administration > Disk Utility. It will display a list of the different drives installed on your pc and if any media is detected.

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Brandy (bf455) said :
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I am still having problems. It still says no media detected. I don't know how this happened because I think it was working fine when I first got the computer, and now it can not detect anything. The cd-rom does not even reconize that there is even a cd in there.

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Brandy (bf455) said :
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When I go to places on my computer, it does not even show that I have a cd rom. Sometimes my computer will play a music cd, but most of the time it does not even reconize that their is a disk. My cd is suppose to burn cd's but it can't reconize it so it will not burn.

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Brandy (bf455) said :
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Oh! And when I do go to system>administration>and disk utility, the computer tells me that I don't have SMART for one of the disks I have. My cd drive says unknown size. My cd drive is an LG CD-RW CED-8080B. Can anyone help me PLEASE!!!!!!!!

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