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DVD/CD drive is lost

Started by stacrmc , Dec 13 2009 07:55 AM

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stacrmc

Posted 13 December 2009 - 07:55 AM

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My computer's dvd player was not working so I uninstalled the dvd player and restarted the computer and now my operating system is not recognizing that I even have a dvd drive. I have done this before and when I restart computer everything works fine. For some reason though that did not happen this time. I do not have warranty anymore and there is no cd because computer is not recognizing any cd's or dvd's. What can I do?

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staci mccormick

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rshaffer61

Posted 13 December 2009 - 02:39 PM

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One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Thank's to Broni for the instructions