I am using dell inspiron n5050 and my device manager not showing cd rw drive

[joelknabnebauer]

Had to reboot my dell inspiron N5050 the other day(got the dreaded blue screen of death )
Now my cdrw drive is not showing up in my device manager.

 

[bignastyid]

Try this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

 

[photonboy]

The BSOD may signify a deeper hardware or software issue.

*The first thing I would do is rollback to an earlier RESTORE POINT if you have one and it's fairly recent. (Any programs installed since will disappear by not any files.)