drive-suddenly-missing-windows-vista

[dogstar1991]

Hello,
I can't find my DVD drive. Whenever I plug my novatel wireless card into the laptop it says that it is the dvd drive. I have a Toshiba A305 satellite computer

 

[Hellboy]

hi

this is quite a common problem

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

heres the solution

or here

its to do with the upper and lower filters which some writing software messes up

all the best