DVD/CD Drive not even showing up!

> Hey all;
>
> I just got a new gateway laptop on Black Friday over at Best Buy, and since
> it's new it has Vista on it. I was loading some files and stuff onto my
> computer using some data discs I had just made from my old PC, and then all
> of a sudden last night the discs stopped loading. I checked around, and I
> can't find any proof that my disc drive even EXISTS, whether it has a disc in
> it or not. I've gone into Computer Management, and not only does the drive
> not show up, I can't even find it by scanning or refreshing, and it doesn't
> show up on "My Computer" at all either. Eventually, I did find it on the
> Computer Manager, but it wasn't listed on the "Drive" list and had the yellow
> exclamation icon on it. Here are some screen caps;
>
> "My Computer", only showing the CPU and Recovery Drives (No Disc Drive);
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...MYCOMPUTER.jpg
>
> "Computer Manager" showing only the two drives, still no CD/DVD/Disc Drive
> listed;
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement01.jpg
>
> "Device Manager" listed under the "Computer Manager", showing the CD/DVD
> drive with a yellow exclamation Icon;
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement02.jpg
>
> Oh, by the way, when I found the drive under the "Device Manager" I tried
> searching for hardware updates, driver updates, and anything else I can find,
> and tried disabling it/re-enabling it, and nothing worked. So, who knows. Can
> anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Gary
>

> Have you tried this?:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
>

> Hey all;
>
> I just got a new gateway laptop on Black Friday over at Best Buy, and
> since
> it's new it has Vista on it. I was loading some files and stuff onto my
> computer using some data discs I had just made from my old PC, and then
> all
> of a sudden last night the discs stopped loading. I checked around, and I
> can't find any proof that my disc drive even EXISTS, whether it has a disc
> in
> it or not. I've gone into Computer Management, and not only does the drive
> not show up, I can't even find it by scanning or refreshing, and it
> doesn't
> show up on "My Computer" at all either. Eventually, I did find it on the
> Computer Manager, but it wasn't listed on the "Drive" list and had the
> yellow
> exclamation icon on it. Here are some screen caps;
>
> "My Computer", only showing the CPU and Recovery Drives (No Disc Drive);
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...MYCOMPUTER.jpg
>
> "Computer Manager" showing only the two drives, still no CD/DVD/Disc Drive
> listed;
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement01.jpg
>
> "Device Manager" listed under the "Computer Manager", showing the CD/DVD
> drive with a yellow exclamation Icon;
> http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement02.jpg
>
> Oh, by the way, when I found the drive under the "Device Manager" I tried
> searching for hardware updates, driver updates, and anything else I can
> find,
> and tried disabling it/re-enabling it, and nothing worked. So, who knows.
> Can
> anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Gary
>

> Try this fix. It works for 99% of all cases..
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314060
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>
> "gallegra" <gallegra@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB54911E-31A9-43B9-8A5D-6AE4DEA48E3A@microsoft.com...

> > Hey all;
> >
> > I just got a new gateway laptop on Black Friday over at Best Buy, and
> > since
> > it's new it has Vista on it. I was loading some files and stuff onto my
> > computer using some data discs I had just made from my old PC, and then
> > all
> > of a sudden last night the discs stopped loading. I checked around, and I
> > can't find any proof that my disc drive even EXISTS, whether it has a disc
> > in
> > it or not. I've gone into Computer Management, and not only does the drive
> > not show up, I can't even find it by scanning or refreshing, and it
> > doesn't
> > show up on "My Computer" at all either. Eventually, I did find it on the
> > Computer Manager, but it wasn't listed on the "Drive" list and had the
> > yellow
> > exclamation icon on it. Here are some screen caps;
> >
> > "My Computer", only showing the CPU and Recovery Drives (No Disc Drive);
> > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...MYCOMPUTER.jpg
> >
> > "Computer Manager" showing only the two drives, still no CD/DVD/Disc Drive
> > listed;
> > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement01.jpg
> >
> > "Device Manager" listed under the "Computer Manager", showing the CD/DVD
> > drive with a yellow exclamation Icon;
> > http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement02.jpg
> >
> > Oh, by the way, when I found the drive under the "Device Manager" I tried
> > searching for hardware updates, driver updates, and anything else I can
> > find,
> > and tried disabling it/re-enabling it, and nothing worked. So, who knows.
> > Can
> > anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -Gary
> >

>
>

>
> I have the same problem with my toshiba satellite, gives a code 10
> error code - device can't start - when I click the properties in device
> manager. Have tried uninstalling and rebooting, but it changes nothing,
> tried updating drivers - tells me I have the most up-to-date driver,
> tried disabling and re-abling - still nothing.
> Have Vista home premium, the problem occurred a few weeks ago, up to
> that point it was working beautifully.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I use my dvd drive all the
> time.
>
>
> --
> barriesmom
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>

>
> Thanks Peter: however my dvd player isn't connected via usb, it's
> internal. Just ordered broadband so really need to get this thing up
> and running again
>
>
> --
> barriesmom
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>