DVD Drive

[Webpete]

After installing a new motherboard when I view my DVD
drive on Windows Explorer, it appears as a local hard
disk. when I try to open it, the error messege reads the
drive refers to a location that is unavailable.
How do I fix this?
Thanks to all who can help.

 

[Jerry]

Is the DVD drive correctly identified in the BIOS?

Boot into Safe Mode, open Device Manager, delete all instances of the DVD
drive, reboot, and Windows should re-identify the hardware.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Good idea on the latter part. To add to that, you can assign the drive
a specific letter or do what you want with it from the Disk Management
Console. To access this, right click on My Computer, click Manage,
click Disk Management.