Vista - DVD-RW not showing up

Well here is a good one. I just installed Vista Business on my Gateway
M520X+ laptop. Used the DVD drive on the laptop to install Vista. After
installation, I have no DVD drive. I have checked My Computer and it does
not show. It also does not show up in Device Manager at all and it does not
show up in Computer Management under Disk Management. Anyone know how I can
get my DVD drive back?

Michael R. Mastro II wrote:
> Well here is a good one. I just installed Vista Business on my
> Gateway M520X+ laptop. Used the DVD drive on the laptop to install
> Vista. After installation, I have no DVD drive. I have checked My
> Computer and it does not show. It also does not show up in Device
> Manager at all and it does not show up in Computer Management under
> Disk Management. Anyone know how I can get my DVD drive back?

Device manager and scan for hardware changes. Right click on devices in XP I
forget if the key combination is the same in Vista.

Rich

Michael--

Make sure to search for these values, and delete them if you find any:

CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
Windows XP or Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/en-us

There are many other rarer and possible solutions as to the DVD writer not
showing, but the 2nd most common is this:

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/en-us

Since the device isn't showing in Device Manager, I assume Rich means to
right click on either of the top two entries in devmgmt.msc in run box>enter
(in device manager>scan for hardware changes. Could also help.

Good luck,

CH

"Michael R. Mastro II" <MichaelRMastroII@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:BF520169-8EAB-408C-87B7-4490A048EA1C@microsoft.com...
> Well here is a good one. I just installed Vista Business on my Gateway
> M520X+ laptop. Used the DVD drive on the laptop to install Vista. After
> installation, I have no DVD drive. I have checked My Computer and it does
> not show. It also does not show up in Device Manager at all and it does
> not
> show up in Computer Management under Disk Management. Anyone know how I
> can
> get my DVD drive back?

Thank you. Well I did not have to go in and do a scan for hardware or mess
with the registry. I powered down the laptop, let it sit for about 6 hours.
Then powered it back up, and the drive was miraculously there. Go figure,
one of those Windows quirks.

"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Michael--
>
> Make sure to search for these values, and delete them if you find any:
>
> CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install
> Windows XP or Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/en-us
>
> There are many other rarer and possible solutions as to the DVD writer not
> showing, but the 2nd most common is this:
>
> CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/en-us
>
> Since the device isn't showing in Device Manager, I assume Rich means to
> right click on either of the top two entries in devmgmt.msc in run box>enter
> (in device manager>scan for hardware changes. Could also help.
>
> Good luck,
>
> CH
>
> "Michael R. Mastro II" <MichaelRMastroII@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:BF520169-8EAB-408C-87B7-4490A048EA1C@microsoft.com...
> > Well here is a good one. I just installed Vista Business on my Gateway
> > M520X+ laptop. Used the DVD drive on the laptop to install Vista. After
> > installation, I have no DVD drive. I have checked My Computer and it does
> > not show. It also does not show up in Device Manager at all and it does
> > not
> > show up in Computer Management under Disk Management. Anyone know how I
> > can
> > get my DVD drive back?
>
>
>

Or a connection, which sounds more likely.

"Michael R. Mastro II" <MichaelRMastroII@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:14A08D88-F5A1-42E4-8821-4C448561AA0B@microsoft.com...
> Thank you. Well I did not have to go in and do a scan for hardware or
> mess
> with the registry. I powered down the laptop, let it sit for about 6
> hours.
> Then powered it back up, and the drive was miraculously there. Go figure,
> one of those Windows quirks.
>