DVD/CD Drive gone
The problem I am having (and it is a known issue) is that once you install a CLEAN WINDOWS 8, you will lose your CD/DVD drive...meaning, it won't recognize it. YOu will have to go in and do a registry hack and remove some lines....if they are there. On my system they aren't. I am still trying to figure it out.
This only happened if I did a CLEAN install. If I did an "upgrade"....still worked. But, after you install it, DO NOT run the UPDATES...this too will get rid of the DVD/CD.
I bet MS will remedy this problem with SP1
THe reason I read is that Microsoft in their infinite wisdom seems to think that the user only streams video and music content these days and has no need for the use of a DVD/CD. This is something I see happening in about 5 years maybe, but not so drastic from one version of the OS to the next.
Maybe some of you are experiencing this and have a solution. My PC is ancient (in computer years....4 years old)...but ran/runs WIndoes 7 perfectly.
