[SOLVED] vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives

poetxstorm · 03-16-2008, 12:15 AM

Using OS Windows Vista Home Premium, I have a Dell Inspiron MXC061 laptop, with a Intel Core Duo CPU, and a 32-bit Operating System. Everything was working fine one minute. Then i shut down and left for a couple hours later when i returned my CD/DVD rom drives are not working my internal drive is HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T11N ATA under device manager this internal drive still appears but has an exclamation point in the picture but it cannot be seen under Windows Manager or anywhere else on the pc. Now my external drive Liteon 16x External DVD+-rwDrive can no longer be seen under the device manager /CD/DVD ROM Drives or under Windows Manager or anywhere else on my pc either. Can someone help me figure out what the heck

is goin on and explain in detail on how in the world i can fix this???? Thank you to whoever reads this!

saintecho01 · 03-16-2008, 04:27 AM

follow link and try that fix for missing dvdrw

poetxstorm · 03-16-2008, 08:38 AM

that did not work for me even when oi tried to import it. It says Registry Editor "Cannot import c:\Users\summer\Desktop\filename.reg: The key selected is invalid.

Where should i go form this point? The fix didn't work.

**Deleted090308** · 03-16-2008, 09:16 AM

Hi

Remove the upper and lower filters.

Instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

poetxstorm · 03-16-2008, 11:13 AM

"eneles"

thanx very much for all your help this worked great!

I do have one question though do i still need to do what "saintecho01" said still even though my drives are fine now?? But again thanx to every1 for your help this was driving me nuts! Im content now

**Deleted090308** · 03-16-2008, 11:17 AM

Removing the filters is enough. So - you don't have to do anything more.
Glad you got it fixed.

03-16-2008, 12:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
poetxstorm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	[SOLVED] vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives Using OS Windows Vista Home Premium, I have a Dell Inspiron MXC061 laptop, with a Intel Core Duo CPU, and a 32-bit Operating System. Everything was working fine one minute. Then i shut down and left for a couple hours later when i returned my CD/DVD rom drives are not working my internal drive is HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T11N ATA under device manager this internal drive still appears but has an exclamation point in the picture but it cannot be seen under Windows Manager or anywhere else on the pc. Now my external drive Liteon 16x External DVD+-rwDrive can no longer be seen under the device manager /CD/DVD ROM Drives or under Windows Manager or anywhere else on my pc either. Can someone help me figure out what the heck is goin on and explain in detail on how in the world i can fix this???? Thank you to whoever reads this!

03-16-2008, 04:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
saintecho01 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: southampton,uk. Posts: 216 OS: vista ultimate 64/win xp	Re: vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives follow link and try that fix for missing dvdrw

03-16-2008, 08:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
poetxstorm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives that did not work for me even when oi tried to import it. It says Registry Editor "Cannot import c:\Users\summer\Desktop\filename.reg: The key selected is invalid. Where should i go form this point? The fix didn't work.

03-16-2008, 09:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,282 OS: Xp	Re: vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives Hi Remove the upper and lower filters. Instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

03-16-2008, 11:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
poetxstorm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives "eneles" thanx very much for all your help this worked great! I do have one question though do i still need to do what "saintecho01" said still even though my drives are fine now?? But again thanx to every1 for your help this was driving me nuts! Im content now Last edited by poetxstorm : 03-16-2008 at 11:16 AM.

03-16-2008, 11:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,282 OS: Xp	Re: vista not recognizing my internal & external cd/dvd rom drives Removing the filters is enough. So - you don't have to do anything more. Glad you got it fixed.