Curious said:
Here's a good one.....Out of the blue my system is no longer showing
either one of my CD-DVD Drive or my CDRW Drive as being there. I
first tried uninstalling the drivers and hoping on reboot the Drivers
would reinstall but no such luck. I also disconnected both Drives
then reboot with them disconnected, shut down my computer,
reconnected them and reboot hoping they both would be seen as new
hardware and reinstall but no such luck. Otherwise my system is
running smooth and without any problems. Anyone with experience or
knowledge regarding this same type issue would be welcome to leave
comments or a possible solution for resolving this. Thanks guys!
Do NOT be afraid of the registry hack here.
It is SAFE and has helped MANY people.
Respect the registry, don't fear it.
1) Log on with Administrative Privileges
2) Open the Registry Editor:
a) Go to Start then select Run.
b) Type regedit and click OK.
3) Backup you registry by:
a) Highlight My Computer by clicking on it once.
b) Click File (Windows XP) or Registry (Windows 2000), then Export
Registry File.
c) Select export range All; to ensure your entire registry is backed up
completely.
d) Select where you would like to save this backup, name the File, and
Click on the SAVE button.
4) Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values:
a) Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
b) Highlight this key by left clicking on it once.
c) On the right hand side delete the values Upperfilters and Lowerfilters.
5) Restart your computer.
Or try this:
http://www.dougknox.com/
Select 'Windows Utilities' and scroll down to 'Restore CD/DVD drives to
Windows Explorer.'
Perhaps his utility will do the trick. =)
