Big mistake

[Indestructable]

Had a family get together yesterday and one of the kids visiting asked to use my pc, I said yep no problem.
I now have no cd rom reader or DVD reader.
Why on earth did I trust my pc I will never know. 
I have no idea what they did, perhaps I have a twiglet in the drive, but after spending hours trying to fix it I have given up for a while. If only Marty Mcfly was around I would ask him to take me back 24 hours. 

[mikkyT]

Is it a software problem or have they buggered the drives?

[byronkincaid]

If only Marty Mcfly was around I would ask him to take me back 24 hours. 

I'm crap with computers but doesn't system restore do that?

[Indestructable]

Yeah tried restore but no luck. My pc came with some help function, but it will not work as i have changed to xp. I am on to them to see if they can help. It is doing my head in.

[Graham C]

They may have deleted the drives by mistake.  Go to Start - Settings - Control Panel and try Add New Harware. 

It may not work but it's worth a bash.

[Colchester Kev]

Go round to the guilty childs house and piss on his lego .... it wont make your pc work, but it will make you feel better

[Indestructable]

Thanks for the suggestions, even Kev's 

I joined a forum for techies and one of the bod's came up with the answer straight away. i wouldn't pretend to understand what the problem was but I did what he said and deleted a few things and it is now working.