Vista - DVD disappears (somewhat different)

nietsen · 09-22-2008

Ok, so I've read many topics regarding disappearing DVD drive in Vista x86.
Now my problem is somewhat different.

The drive has disappeared and a reboot will not bring it back. Neither will scanning for a hardware change in the device manager. I've looked into the registry hack too, but both fields (upper or lower filter) are non-existent. It's not a matter of re-seating the cables either as the drive is visible in the bios, I can boot from it if I wish and the drive works perfectly fine in XP.

I've also tried installing up to date drivers (it's a pioneer DVR-K16) but am unable as the drive is non-existent, in such that the setup program cannot find the appropriate piece of hardware to update.

Anyone has had this kind of a situation? Any luck with a solution?

09-23-2008

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q316529

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Quote:

>
> Ok, so I've read many topics regarding disappearing DVD drive in Vista
> x86.
> Now my problem is somewhat different.
>
> The drive has disappeared and a reboot will not bring it back. Neither
> will scanning for a hardware change in the device manager. I've looked
> into the registry hack too, but both fields (upper or lower filter) are
> non-existent. It's not a matter of re-seating the cables either as the
> drive is visible in the bios, I can boot from it if I wish and the drive
> works perfectly fine in XP.
>
> I've also tried installing up to date drivers (it's a pioneer DVR-K16)
> but am unable as the drive is non-existent, in such that the setup
> program cannot find the appropriate piece of hardware to update.
>
>
> Anyone has had this kind of a situation? Any luck with a solution?
>
>
> --
> nietsen

nietsen · 09-23-2008

Ok, this seems to be going somewhere.

But, slight problem at step 6, I do not have a Volume{GUID} folder under drives....

09-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
nietsen Vista Ultimate 32bit 2 posts	DVD disappears (somewhat different) Ok, so I've read many topics regarding disappearing DVD drive in Vista x86. Now my problem is somewhat different. The drive has disappeared and a reboot will not bring it back. Neither will scanning for a hardware change in the device manager. I've looked into the registry hack too, but both fields (upper or lower filter) are non-existent. It's not a matter of re-seating the cables either as the drive is visible in the bios, I can boot from it if I wish and the drive works perfectly fine in XP. I've also tried installing up to date drivers (it's a pioneer DVR-K16) but am unable as the drive is non-existent, in such that the setup program cannot find the appropriate piece of hardware to update. Anyone has had this kind of a situation? Any luck with a solution?
My System Specs

09-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
Peter Foldes n/a posts	Re: DVD disappears (somewhat different) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q316529 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "nietsen" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:3379f5ba5b92f119cd50854c52a6ce14@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Ok, so I've read many topics regarding disappearing DVD drive in Vista > x86. > Now my problem is somewhat different. > > The drive has disappeared and a reboot will not bring it back. Neither > will scanning for a hardware change in the device manager. I've looked > into the registry hack too, but both fields (upper or lower filter) are > non-existent. It's not a matter of re-seating the cables either as the > drive is visible in the bios, I can boot from it if I wish and the drive > works perfectly fine in XP. > > I've also tried installing up to date drivers (it's a pioneer DVR-K16) > but am unable as the drive is non-existent, in such that the setup > program cannot find the appropriate piece of hardware to update. > > > Anyone has had this kind of a situation? Any luck with a solution? > > > -- > nietsen
My System Specs

09-23-2008	#3 (permalink)
nietsen Vista Ultimate 32bit 2 posts	Re: DVD disappears (somewhat different) Ok, this seems to be going somewhere. But, slight problem at step 6, I do not have a Volume{GUID} folder under drives....
My System Specs

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