my cd drives

hello guys i have a humble request for you.

my fithers computer which i believe is a dell 4550 series or something like that

well the problem is that i have been messing with it for a while. but his cd drives no longer appear. anywhere. its like they don't exist. i tried unplugging them, changing their slave master statuses, and they don't appear in the system at all. and i have no idea what to do. they are still plugged in they open and close.

one is a regualr cd drive, and the other is a burner.

sorry to be so pushy, but i was wondering if anyone had an answer

buy a new computer

trust me i would love to. but thats out of the question

Google, Mac, Opera, /opt

what?

ive used search engines to search for something and to see if someone had the same problem that i had, but its all different to whats going on with this computer

>>6
Murk loar

>>1
log in as admin, scan new hardware devices

>>7
i would like to lurk moar, but i don't have the time.

and >>8 where would i find that scan new hardware

get a mac.

>>9
disregard that, i suck cocks