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May 1, 2008 at 1:24 am #2147903
CD/DVD ROM not showing in Device Manager
Lockedby steven.cottom · about 15 years, 11 months ago
Hi,
I’m having problems installing a DVD-RW.
I uninstalled it from device manager, rebooted my computer then as i went back into device manager to reinstall the driver the option for CD/DVD isnt there!?
I have tried to install by going to add new hardware but again the option for CD / DVD is not in the list of devices?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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May 1, 2008 at 1:24 am #2566137
Clarifications
by steven.cottom · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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Clarifications
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May 1, 2008 at 1:35 am #2566135
What was the original reason for uninstalling though …
by older mycroft · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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What was happening that made you uninstall it?
How was the optical drive behaving before you shutdown?
Also – make and model of computer AND which operating system are you running with?
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May 1, 2008 at 1:39 am #2566134
Moving HDD to new Mother board
by steven.cottom · about 15 years, 11 months ago
In reply to What was the original reason for uninstalling though …
Its a long story!
The drive was working fine, I transferred one hard drive with Windows XP installed into a different computer. so i stripped most of the drivers off so that i could reinstall when it was in the new unit.
Everything is now working fine apart from the CD/DVD Rom. It was working fine before it was uninstalled and i have also tried it in a different computer which worked?
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May 1, 2008 at 1:56 am #2566131
You’ve sailed into dangerous waters …
by older mycroft · about 15 years, 11 months ago
In reply to Moving HDD to new Mother board
You posted with a CD drive problem but now it seems you’ve transferred an operating system on a HDD from another computer!
This is a practice that will mostly end in failure.
“[i]The drive was working fine, I transferred one hard drive with Windows XP installed into a different computer. so i stripped most of the drivers off so that i could reinstall when it was in the new unit.
Everything is now working fine apart from the CD/DVD Rom. It was working fine before it was uninstalled and i have also tried it in a different computer which worked?[/i]”
How many components have you transferred?
What do you mean “[i]stripped most of the drivers off..[/i]”If the optical drive works in a different computer then clearly you have not installed the necessary drivers for it. Without knowing any details I can’t give any specific advice other than find the correct optical-drive drivers for the new motherboard (as opposed to the old drivers) which is what I think may have happened.
Surely it would have been easier to replace the motherboard ‘in situ’?
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May 1, 2008 at 2:05 am #2566129
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by steven.cottom · about 15 years, 11 months ago
In reply to You’ve sailed into dangerous waters …
The only thing that i have transferred is the HDD. I uninstalled drivers as it says in this link: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/77909774/m/1400925745
Now everthing is working exactly as i want it other than the CD/DVD drive. The tab for it in device manager is not there so i cannot right click and update driver etc.
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May 1, 2008 at 2:13 am #2566126
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May 1, 2008 at 2:04 am #2566130
Try this it may help
by rob miners · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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Contact the manufacturer of the DVD Drive to obtain an updated driver for the DVD drive, and then follow the manufacturer?s instructions to install the driver.
< jump > 🙂
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May 1, 2008 at 4:40 am #2566107
Optical Drive Drivers
by thechas · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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The Windows mode driver for ALL optical drives is part of the chip-set IDE controller driver.
If you have not installed the correct chip-set driver, installing it should do the trick.
If you have installed the chip-set driver, the best way to get your optical drive to install is to remove the IDE controller from device manager. Upon rebooting, Windows will install the IDE controller driver and then magically find and install the optical drives.
For the disk writing function, the driver is part of your disk burning software.
Chas
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May 1, 2008 at 8:16 am #2566021
Consider a misbehaving Registry filter
by nepenthe0 · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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Microsoft posted the following bulletin Apr’07:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
I encountered a similar problem upon installing Vista in a machine designed for XP MCE. The following Registry edit worked fine:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet
Control\ClassClick {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Delete UpperFilters subkeyClick {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Delete LowerFilters subkeyExport the key {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} before deleting the subkeys UpperFilters and LowerFilters. That way, if this doesn’t fix the glitch, you can restore the pre-edited key with a mouse click.
Hope this helps.
Rick/Portland, OR
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May 1, 2008 at 9:13 am #2565973
I assume that the drive show up in bios?
by robo_dev · about 15 years, 11 months ago
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Any strange bios settings?
Is this a PATA or SATA drive?
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January 15, 2009 at 1:57 am #2988451
dvd-rom
by shaju.shajan · about 15 years, 2 months ago
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Hi i having problem with my computer when i try to install nero software is not installing also properly, suddenly turn off in my computer ofter that is not showing dvd-rom drive. plz can u help me.
thanks
shajahan puli
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