CD Rom and CD Writer not working after some program removals

[Guest]

I removed some programs from my pc that were not being used, when I opened
the My Computer icon, the icons for the cd rom and cd writer were gone. I
tried a system restore on every point available and it wont allow me to
restore to an earlier time.
The drivers are still active but it says that the Device cannot be found.
Can anybody help me on this or help me get my cd roms back please.

Thank you in advance.

 

[namniar]

Do they appear in Device Manager?

Do they appear in Disk Management?

r.

 

[Guest]

Hey Tenerife BlueBird,

This happened to myself once. But never fear, I have the solution. However,
you must follow this EXACTLY, otherwise it will not work and could make
matters worse. I'm 99.9% sure this should fix your problem, as long as you
are patient :

Method 1: Remove the registry entry
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry subkey
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type savedkey, and then click Save.
6. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters, and then click Delete on
the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.

Note If this data type is missing, go to Method 2.
7. Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters, and then click Delete on
the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
8. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

 

[Guest]

Hi Hemal Lad, how you found that out I will never know but it worked, I
appreciate it thanks very much. I printed the instructions so if it happens
again I can use it, Thanks very much once again.

 

[Guest]

I'm glad my post was of help. If you need any help, just ask. All of us are
here to help

 

[Guest]

ive done every that you iinstructed, nothing happened, ive hceck for dirver
updates the cd drive shows in my computer.. if there is another way around
this frustrating problem, please let me know, thank you