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bmazzuca1   08-27-2009 at 06:55:21 AM

I have a HP laptop running windows vista and just recently my dvdrw drive doesnt show up in windows. I have rebooted, tried safe mode and even flash the bios and still nothing. When I check event viewer it shows 2 errors, one is for the plug and play manager stating the dvd drive disappeared without notifying it was removing it and a error for cd rom saying still not ready. Any ideas of what the cause could be or a solution to fix it.

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505090   08-27-2009 at 08:55:30 AM

does it show in bios

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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bmazzuca1   08-27-2009 at 05:43:06 PM

Yes it shows in BIOS just not Vista

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505090   08-27-2009 at 09:29:16 PM

you can try disconnecting all cables to drive and boot up, then shutdown and reboot with them connected again. If it shows in device manager you will want to uninstall before shutting down and disconnecting the cables.

If that doesn't work try another drive and see what happens.

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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505090   08-27-2009 at 10:01:53 PM

asjflask wrote :

Did you try partitioning it?



How would you go about partitioning a dvd drive?

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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bmazzuca1   08-27-2009 at 10:16:21 PM

It a laptop so the drive is internal , the drive opens and you hear it reading but since windows doesnt recognoze it nothing happens. Any ideas of why it would just disappear, could it be the drive since theres a plug and play error.

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smokie00   08-27-2009 at 10:32:29 PM

I've seen that happen when some registry files become corrupted.
If you're not afraid to edit your registry you can try doing this:

Open up regedit and find

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

Select UpperFilters and delete. Do the same thing with LowerFilters. You might also see UpperFilters.bak or LowerFilters.bak, delete those as well.

Exit the registry editor and reboot your computer.

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visa   08-27-2009 at 10:37:02 PM

Yeah try what Smokie suggested; I've used that several times to resolve issues like that. Definitely check device manager too.

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bmazzuca1   08-27-2009 at 11:07:34 PM

I will try that next and let you guys know either way, thanks for the suggestion.

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bmazzuca1   08-28-2009 at 04:54:02 PM

Tried the regedit suggestion and still didnt work, any other suggestions.

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