Oh, I did run the hardwar wizard. One of the tips was to remove the drive from device manager and reinstall it but that trick didn't work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:14 AM Subject: Re: lost my DVD drive
> Hi, > I've seen this happen to mine. Similar thing, it disappears every so > often from My Computer, especially when I put in CDRW media. What I did > is simply start running the add hardware wizard. You get past the first > couple dialogs, and if you have a disc in the drive, it will rev up and > you can tell it has detected the drive again. > > HTH > Brandon > > > > Bobcat wrote: >> I recently lost my DVD drive. It just wouldn't show up in my computer. >> I >> used the trouble shooter to try fixing the problem but it didn't work. >> So I >> plugged in the error message from device manager into Google and found >> help >> that got it back. It involved removing two keys from the registry. >> >> Now, I have my drive back but it will not record. It does not see >> recordable media. I did another search and found a Microsoft article >> with a >> work around involving the registry. This advice did not work. >> >> I did back up my registry and the keys I altered. . >> >> If anyone has come across this problem before and has a solution, I'd >> sure >> be happy to hear about it. >> >> By the way. The keys I had to remove were apparently put there by >> ITunes. >> ITunes was preinstalled on this computer and I think the problem started >> when I uninstalled ITunes. I'm not really sure exactly when the problem >> started because I haven't used the DVD burner in a while. >> >> Bob. >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
