when i finally got my data backed up i did a few tests to find out exactly what could cause isssues with disappearing dvd drives etc.
before i installed anti-blaxx i had nero and blindwrite installed. they had been working quite well with no problems.
so, after formatting, i installed nero then blindwrite, then alcohol120%. after the reboot the dvd was there as normal. but after a 2nd reboot the drive disapeared.
wiped drive, started again.
this time, before i installed nero or BW i installed the mobo drivers for my AN7. one of the drivers was nforce SW2 [which claims to clear the data bottleneck on the hdd opr summat like that] to replace the windows drivers. i rebooted and my dvdd rive was gone. i uninstaled the SW2 drivers and, hey, the drive wa back. hmmmm... interesting.
what i know is that having several copying/burning tools installed together is not good. but on my system blindwrite and nero work fine... umm... w/o virtual drives running. alc120's virtual drive seemed to replace my physical dvd drive!!!!
this proly won't help anybody much but...
