CD/DVD drive not shown in the Device Manager, Information System or workstation

rockin5b Sunday, May 17, 2009 04:15

Hello, I have the same situation.  I did everything above that phoenikxz has done to resolve the situation of the missing disk more certain.  The difference with mine is that my drive always light turns on and will behave as if it is trying to read or whatever.  The situation with mine, is that she acts like it works, but it does not show as part of the system.  As I said I'm still having things that happens with mine as phoenikxz's, but my light to the cd rom works as it should.  Any help would be graciously appreciated.

signed, angry and fedup.

rockin5b

Hello Rockin5b,

Not knowing what exactly you did, well lets give this a try. Have you tried to uninstall your device manager then reboot? If you then, have you tried this quick fix link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060. You need to uninstall all third-party software (example: Roxio, Nero, or iTunes) from your computer before you make the correction. After you restart, you can reinstall your software and try again to see if that solves your problem. Hope this helps you. Let us know anyway. Make it a great day!

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