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May 1, 2009 at 08:58 AM
lionjon

Missing DVD Icons in My Computer

by lionjon . Updated 17 years, 2 months ago

I have recently lost an Icon in My Computer. I have 2 DVD drives, one of which is on view. When I opened the side panel of my machine, I found that one of the DVD drives connectons off the broad wire connector which runs from the top DVD drive to the motherboard had come loose.I reconnected the connector, but on a restart found that the other DVD drive was missing as well. I disconnected the drive which had the missing Icon and the Icon for the 1st drive came back. I repeated this process again with the same results. Both DVD drives show in Device Manager, both indicate they are working correctly, yet I cannot seem to get my machine back to having both Icons showing as before. Can anyone assist with this problem please? Should I delete the DVD drive with the missing Icon from Device Manager and try again? My last question is: when I checked the broad wire connection which runs fron the top DVD drive I found that the top drive was connected to it, should the lower drive be connectged to it also? (initially it was not) Please bear in mind that I am not a computer expert. My knowledge is very limited so any help must be simply stated so that I can follow explicit but simple instructions that will, hopefully, let me solve the problem. Kind Regards, Lionel Jones.

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