Missing DVD Rom in Explorer

[Guest]

I have a Toshiba Laptop and the DVD Drive is missing from explorer. I went to
toshibas site for info and they referanced this site.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461/en-us
I follwed the directions but there is no lower filter entry. When I look in
device manager there is no DVD/CD-ROM drives selection. I am running Vista
Home Premium. I also tryed a program at this address.
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/missing_CD-DVD_drives.html
but its for XP and all it does is do what the instructions tell you to do.
Thank you for any help you can give

 

[Sandra Smithey]

My DVD Drive disappeared from Explorer and Device Manager. I also didn't
have the upper and lower filter entrees. I spent the better part of today
reading newsgroups for answers to get my DVD Drive back on my laptop.
Nothing seemed to work until I turned off my laptop, took the drive out and
put it back in. I turned the laptop back on and it searched for a driver,
found it and now the DVD Drive works again. I may lose it again later but
for now it is working. I have turned off my laptop and turned it back on and
it is still there. You might see if this will fix your problem.

 

[Guest]

I don't have a way to remove the drive. It is build into the system