It’s obvious that you didn’t notice my System Restore comment was directed to 2spoons and not to people with the disappearing CD/DVD dirves. The CD/DVD fix won’t work for 2spoons problem, his/her CD/DVD drive hasn’t disappeared ( CD/DVD still shows up in My Computer). For some reason it stopped reading CD’s! This is a totally different problem and the Disappearing CD/DVD Fix won’t work to fix this problem, thus the System Restore Comment!

Make sure to read 2spoons post, it’s just above my post about doing the System Restore. Yes, geniuses can sometimes read

You could als try Uninstalling the CD/DVD-ROM and then Reinstall. I think you’ll have beter luck with the System Restore!

i have reason to beleieve this all started when i installed i tunes, but have uninstalled it and still no luck.

i wondered if this makes anyone say yes that happened to me-this is how i fixed it!

many thanks!!

Go to the Colored Windows Icon in the Lower Left hand Corner and click on it. When the Start Menu opens you should see the words “Start Search”. In the box where Start Search is type “REGEDIT” then hit your enter key (no quotation marks just the word regedit). Next you’ll be prompted, click on Continue. The Registry Editor will now open.

In the Registry’s Left Side of the Window you’ll see the folders:
HKEY_Class _Root
HKEY_Current_User
HKEY_Local_Machine
HKEY_Users
HKEY_Current_Config

Now in the left window go to HKEY_Local_Machine, Click on the small arrow just to the left of the words. This will open the next set of folders or sub-directory. If you will now note in the string below there is a \ in-between each set of words. Each time you see \ , you’ll need to click on a new arrow beside the correct word or words.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

I’ve broken it down for you below. 1. Click on the arrow beside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 2. Click on the arrow beside SYSTEM, 3. Click on the arrow beside CurrentControlSet, etc…

1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2. SYSTEM
3. CurrentControlSet
4. Control
5. Class
6. {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

You need to click on the Folder or the String of Numbers to open the Right Hand Window, not the Arrow to the Left as you’ve been doing up until now {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. You’ll need to now look in the Right Side if the Registry Editor Window. You should now see lines that have the words Upper Filter and Lower Filter. You now need to Right Mouse Click on these lines one at a time then choose Delete. Don’t worry if both lines aren’t there, you’ll only need to Delete the one’s that are there!

If the fix doesn’t work you’ll need to check the things Balty listed above:
In the registry of Windows in the path I mentioned, it lists your CD-ROM/DVD drive as a 1, 2, or 3.
3 – CD-ROM (read only memory)
2 – CD-ROM RW (read Write)
1 – CD-R

I imagine 2 equals DVD( R) as well so as to be a writer (burner).

Anyway, check it and also your PC BIOS upon boot up. It may be disabled there as well.

And obviously your cables inside you PC, the drive itself, etc.

Make sure it isn’ disabled in your Windows settings under your drive properties either. You may find this setting in “Device Manager” too. It was for me after all I went through.

If all this fails, remove your CD/DVD-ROM and try it in another computer or try a new CD/DVD-ROM in your computer. This is really one of the easiest things you can do in a computer, just make sure it’s turned off and unplugged before attempting it. You should also Ground yourself by touching the metal on the case (or purchase a Ground Strap)before reaching inside.