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I have been having this problem for about a month. Both my CD and DVD Rom
have disappeared from my Device Manager. I have done a search in the forums
and found some users with similar troubles, and I tried the fixes to no
avail. My wife and I had some visitors here from England a month ago, and
they plugged their iPods into my computer to charge them and to share some
music. I thought that maybe a driver was corrupted due to this, so I
restored my computer to a date prior to when our visitors came, again to no
avail. At one point, I was able to, in device manager, click 'search for
hardware changes' and the drives returned for about 3 days. However, this is
not even working now.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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BTW... I tried to do the following, but neither Upperfilters nor Lowerfilters
appear at this location in the registry...
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
[Start > Run and type: REGEDIT , and hit enter]

2. Locate the UpperFilters value under the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.

4. Locate the LowerFilters value under the same key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

5. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.

6. Quit Registry Editor.NOTE: After you remove the Upperfilters value and
the Lowerfilters value,
if you notice lost functionality in a particular program, such as CD
recording software, you may need
to reinstall that software. If the problem recurs, consult with the software
vendor for assistance.

7. Restart your computer.

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Ok, this post can be disregarded. The Secondary 0 device and Secondary 1
device had gotten disabled in my BIOS. I switched them both to 'Auto' and
everything is back to normal now.
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"VmaxGuy" wrote:

> I have been having this problem for about a month. Both my CD and DVD Rom
> have disappeared from my Device Manager. I have done a search in the forums
> and found some users with similar troubles, and I tried the fixes to no
> avail. My wife and I had some visitors here from England a month ago, and
> they plugged their iPods into my computer to charge them and to share some
> music. I thought that maybe a driver was corrupted due to this, so I
> restored my computer to a date prior to when our visitors came, again to no
> avail. At one point, I was able to, in device manager, click 'search for
> hardware changes' and the drives returned for about 3 days. However, this is
> not even working now.
> Anyone have any ideas?
> Thanks!
> --
> Wanna lead? Ride a Vmax. Wanna follow? Ride a Harley.

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