I'm having problems with my CD/DVD drive. It's disappeared from My Computer. It sometime comes back after repeated restarts but disappears again after a while. It's also not showing up in the Device Manager. I already tried Microsoft's Fixit. I also edited the registry by deleting upperfilter and lowerfilter. None of those solutions work. I tried to re-install the drivers but I can't do that because the CD/DVD drive is not showing up on the Device Manager. The drive is a Slimtype DVD A DS8A1H ATA Device. Can anyone help me?
Disappearing CD/DVD Drive
- Thread starter johnpiggy
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
Do you have the full version of your OS or do you have a set of recovery disks.
Do you have the full version of your OS or do you have a set of recovery disks.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- a6530f Desktop
- CPU
- HP-PAVILION
- Motherboard
- M2N68-LA (Narra3)
- Memory
- 8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
- Sound Card
- Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W40 series widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 X 900
- Hard Drives
- 1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
- PSU
- 300W
- Case
- Mid-Size ATX
- Keyboard
- HP Multimedia Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Other Info
- Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)
Modem: 56K WinModem/
Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive
Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader
Media Drive
He means do you have an actual Vista installation disc, or do you just have some repair discs that came with a computer that already had Vista installed?
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 1545
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00 GHz
- Motherboard
- DELL - 27d90219 Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor (DPMS), 15.3" (34cm x 19cm)
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- Internal 320 GB
Portable 320 GB used for separate storage of media, plugged into USB port as needed.
- Cooling
- Single built in fan
- Keyboard
- Built in
- Mouse
- Touchpad, + Logitech wireless mouse (USB)
- Internet Speed
- ~150 kilobytes/sec DL
- Other Info
- Usually have low HD free space left (<10 GB), often left on overnight. I really push its capabilities.
Hello what all did you do to the regisrty and are you expert enough to know what you are doing, did you make a copy of the regisrty before messing around with it.
Look at you restore points and tell us how far back could you go if need be.
I would also ask that you run a full updated virus scan using you anti-virus.
Also please download and run a full scan using malwarebytes here is there link and plase use the free version. Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download
Do you have or use CCleaner if not it might be a good idea for you to download it and use it every couple of months. Please update us with your results on virus and malware..I am sorry I forgot to give you the link. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Look at you restore points and tell us how far back could you go if need be.
I would also ask that you run a full updated virus scan using you anti-virus.
Also please download and run a full scan using malwarebytes here is there link and plase use the free version. Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download
Do you have or use CCleaner if not it might be a good idea for you to download it and use it every couple of months. Please update us with your results on virus and malware..I am sorry I forgot to give you the link. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- a6530f Desktop
- CPU
- HP-PAVILION
- Motherboard
- M2N68-LA (Narra3)
- Memory
- 8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
- Sound Card
- Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W40 series widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 X 900
- Hard Drives
- 1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
- PSU
- 300W
- Case
- Mid-Size ATX
- Keyboard
- HP Multimedia Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Other Info
- Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)
Modem: 56K WinModem/
Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive
Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader
Media Drive
To answer your previous question, I have a laptop computer that was already installed with Vista. I have no recovery discs except ones that I burned some time ago.
I have no restore points. I thought I created some but I couldn't find them.
I ran a full system scan with my Norton 360. It came back with some tracking cookies but that's it.
Malewarebytes came back with nothing.
I have no restore points. I thought I created some but I couldn't find them.
I ran a full system scan with my Norton 360. It came back with some tracking cookies but that's it.
Malewarebytes came back with nothing.
My Computer
Hi you can try the following steps:
1) Try to check if the drive is detected in Device manager
2) Try to boot from the recovery media and check if you are able to boot or not
3) Go to F8 and hit enter on Disable Drive Signature Enforcement
4) Download and run the following registry patch:
http://gur.in/registry/cdgone.reg
1) Try to check if the drive is detected in Device manager
2) Try to boot from the recovery media and check if you are able to boot or not
3) Go to F8 and hit enter on Disable Drive Signature Enforcement
4) Download and run the following registry patch:
http://gur.in/registry/cdgone.reg
My Computer
System One
-
- CPU
- T4200 Intel
- Memory
- 2 X 1GB DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Integrated
- Hard Drives
- 1 X 250GB 7200RPM