CD ROM / DVD drive not recognized and viruses on the computer

Can anyone help please?
My CD ROM / DVD Drive failed. I tried troubleshooting etc but not available. The computer does not recognize I have a CD / dvd as a player he says that is not recognized by the register?
I also have a virus that I can't get rid of, it's maybe part of the problem (Trojan horse - Spy.HTML.Smitfraud.c) I ran many viruses, spyware and trojan controls but there is no cure yet?
I tried the system recovery, but it won't let me get it back to an earlier date.
I can't use my restore disk because the computer does not recognize the drive. A catch 22 situation.
Can anyone offer any other advice that throw it out the window?

Help from anyone would be much appreciated.
Concerning
PG
"" "" Laptop user frustrated. ""

[Edited by: admin on 3 July 05 22:11]

HI Paul,.

I think that your first priority will be to remove the virus from your laptop. The following link contains the virus details: -.

http://securityresponse.Symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/W32.Desktophijack.html

You are shown in the BIOS to CD-ROM? If yes then set to be the first selectable boot device and you should be able to load your recovery disk and restart it.

HTH

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