been using arduino's a while, LOADED NEW DRIVE, CAN'T GET COM 3 OR 4

:astonished: HOME BUILT PC - INTEL dg41ty, CORE 2 QUAD 9550, 6 HDD'S, 1 SSD. WIN 7 HM PRM 64 BIT. HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USING ARDUINO UNO'S FOR QUITE SOME TIME.3 CLONES OF os, + VISTA HM PRM 64 BIT, XP PRO. GOT SOME GLITCHES IN 7 OS, DECIDED TO REDO IT FROM SCRATCH ON SSD(SAME AS BFORE) YOU KNOW HOW THE DRIVER INSTALLATION FAILS, THEN GO TO DEVICE MGR, ARDUINO COMXX SHOWS UP, THEN YOU SIMPLY LOAD DRIVER? I'VE DONE IT SMOOTHLY SEVERAL TIMES. NOW. NOW SUDDENLY THE COMXX WON'T SHOW UP - WHAT TO DO? THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS SEEING THE COM3 0R 4 ON ANOTHER DRIVE, SO I DISABLED ALL BUT THE SSD - NO LUCK. HAS ANYONE RAN INTO THIS PROB BFORE? SURE COULD USE A DIRECTION TO GO HERE, PLEASE HELP, WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!

Try again. Lose the all caps.