my dvd drive is missing

its missing from:
1. My Computer
2. Device Manager

it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem and
i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper or
lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would be
appreciated though.

Hi,

It's upperfilters and lowerfilters (no space) and they do exist in Vista
under this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Is the drive seen in the system BIOS?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> its missing from:
> 1. My Computer
> 2. Device Manager
>
> it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
> it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
> pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> and
> i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper
> or
> lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would
> be
> appreciated though.

Did you try following these steps?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us




"thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> its missing from:
> 1. My Computer
> 2. Device Manager
>
> it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
> it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
> pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> and
> i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper
> or
> lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would
> be
> appreciated though.

"thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> its missing from:
> 1. My Computer
> 2. Device Manager
>
> it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
> it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
> pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> and
> i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper
> or
> lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would
> be
> appreciated though.


If the advice at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us doesn't solve
your problem then you could try reinstalling or updating your IDE drivers.
Uninstall original drivers, restart PC. Either let Windows find the correct
drivers or get them from your PC or DVD Drive manufacturers website.

Good luck

Rob

--
Red meat isn't bad for you....Blue, Green fuzzy meat is bad for you.

yes. no upper or lower filters.

"Mac" wrote:

> Did you try following these steps?
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us
>
>
>
>
> "thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> > its missing from:
> > 1. My Computer
> > 2. Device Manager
> >
> > it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
> > it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
> > pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> > and
> > i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper
> > or
> > lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would
> > be
> > appreciated though.
>

i don't have the upper or lower filters and it is recognized in the bios but
someone put a password on the setup so i can't access it.
"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It's upperfilters and lowerfilters (no space) and they do exist in Vista
> under this key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
>
> Is the drive seen in the system BIOS?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> > its missing from:
> > 1. My Computer
> > 2. Device Manager
> >
> > it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers for
> > it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is a
> > pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> > and
> > i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an upper
> > or
> > lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help would
> > be
> > appreciated though.
>
>

Hi,

So you see it being enumerated during the POST? Was this drive working
previously?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news90433D5-6431-4CF5-85D4-8A0E88CC557B@microsoft.com...
>
> i don't have the upper or lower filters and it is recognized in the bios
> but
> someone put a password on the setup so i can't access it.
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It's upperfilters and lowerfilters (no space) and they do exist in Vista
>> under this key:
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
>>
>> Is the drive seen in the system BIOS?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
>> > its missing from:
>> > 1. My Computer
>> > 2. Device Manager
>> >
>> > it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers
>> > for
>> > it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is
>> > a
>> > pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
>> > and
>> > i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an
>> > upper
>> > or
>> > lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help
>> > would
>> > be
>> > appreciated though.
>>
>>

it was working with xp, and home premium but it seems to only not be working
with ultimate.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So you see it being enumerated during the POST? Was this drive working
> previously?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news90433D5-6431-4CF5-85D4-8A0E88CC557B@microsoft.com...
> >
> > i don't have the upper or lower filters and it is recognized in the bios
> > but
> > someone put a password on the setup so i can't access it.
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> It's upperfilters and lowerfilters (no space) and they do exist in Vista
> >> under this key:
> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
> >>
> >> Is the drive seen in the system BIOS?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:68DAA965-9B4D-4DAE-930D-F23E7EE0293C@microsoft.com...
> >> > its missing from:
> >> > 1. My Computer
> >> > 2. Device Manager
> >> >
> >> > it seems as if my dvd drive was never even made. there are no drivers
> >> > for
> >> > it. not even reference to is as ever being thought of by pioneer. it is
> >> > a
> >> > pioneer DVR-K16RS. i have searched everywhere for a fix to this problem
> >> > and
> >> > i'm at the point of pulling out my hair. theres no such thing as an
> >> > upper
> >> > or
> >> > lower filters in vista so please don't suggest that. any other help
> >> > would
> >> > be
> >> > appreciated though.
> >>
> >>
>
>

"thetrent" <thetrent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news90433D5-6431-4CF5-85D4-8A0E88CC557B@microsoft.com...
>
> i don't have the upper or lower filters and it is recognized in the bios
> but
> someone put a password on the setup so i can't access it.

Hi,

Apologies, but If you can't get into the BIOS how do you
know the DVD is recognized? Are you seeing it during POST? Anyhow if you
need to gain access to your BIOS setup and you don't know the password then
look here for advice:

http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml


Rob
--
Red meat isn't bad for you....Blue, Green fuzzy meat is bad for you.

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