trouble seeing external DVD-RW

[Mister Scary]

It's been a while since I've tried to use it. It is connected via
firewirea. It comes up in the Device Manager but I don't see it in Windows
Explorer.

The following drives are all internal on my machine

A: floppy
C: hard drive
D: Main DVD-ROM
E: CD-RW
F: Compact Flash
G: Smart Media Drive
H: Memory Stick Drive
I: SD Card Drive

I have used my external DVD-RW successfully in the past.

Can anyone tell me how to make this work?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Right click on My Computer and select Manage. Then click on Disk
Management. Can you see it on the right hand side of the screen? Can you
assign it a drive letter?

 

[Mister Scary]

Yes, I see it there with drive letter J assigned. But it doesn't show up in
Windows Explorer.

 

[Mister Scary]

I tried updating the firmware of the DVD-RW and it has resolved the glitch
with Windows Explorer.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

If you have TweakUI installed, check you haven't hidden drive J.