List CD and DVD Drive

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Today, I was working on my computer, and for some reason, my CD and DVD drives became no longer recognizable. I have no idea why. I discovered this when I was attempting to save some video onto a CD using Windows Movie Maker. I selected the option to save my video to CD and I got a message saying that I did not have a CD drive. Well, I thought this was strange considering the fact that I had just been playing Starcraft using said drive. I looked in My Computer and sure enough, neither my D nor E drive showed up. I troubleshooted through Device Manager. Still not drives. I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Still no drives. Any suggestions?? Please e-mail to (e-mail address removed). Thank you.
 
Chris, check here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];314060


Chris said:
Today, I was working on my computer, and for some reason, my CD and DVD
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drives became no longer recognizable. I have no idea why. I discovered this
when I was attempting to save some video onto a CD using Windows Movie
Maker. I selected the option to save my video to CD and I got a message
saying that I did not have a CD drive. Well, I thought this was strange
considering the fact that I had just been playing Starcraft using said
drive. I looked in My Computer and sure enough, neither my D nor E drive
showed up. I troubleshooted through Device Manager. Still not drives. I
uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Still no drives. Any suggestions??
Please e-mail to (e-mail address removed). Thank you.
 
Chris said:
Today, I was working on my computer, and for some reason, my CD and
DVD drives became no longer recognizable. I have no idea why. I
discovered this when I was attempting to save some video onto a CD
using Windows Movie Maker. I selected the option to save my video to
CD and I got a message saying that I did not have a CD drive. Well, I
thought this was strange considering the fact that I had just been
playing Starcraft using said drive. I looked in My Computer and sure
enough, neither my D nor E drive showed up. I troubleshooted through
Device Manager. Still not drives. I uninstalled and reinstalled the
drivers. Still no drives. Any suggestions?? Please e-mail to
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Do NOT be afraid of the registry hack here.
It is SAFE and has helped MANY people.
Respect the registry, don't fear it.

1) Log on with Administrative Privileges

2) Open the Registry Editor:
a) Go to Start then select Run.
b) Type regedit and click OK.

3) Backup you registry by:
a) Highlight My Computer by clicking on it once.
b) Click File (Windows XP) or Registry (Windows 2000), then Export
Registry File.
c) Select export range All; to ensure your entire registry is backed up
completely.
d) Select where you would like to save this backup, name the File, and
Click on the SAVE button.

4) Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values:
a) Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
b) Highlight this key by left clicking on it once.
c) On the right hand side delete the values Upperfilters and Lowerfilters.

5) Restart your computer.



Or try this:

http://www.dougknox.com/

Select 'Windows Utilities' and scroll down to 'Restore CD/DVD drives to
Windows Explorer.'
Perhaps his utility will do the trick. =)
 
Hi, the same thing has happened to me! I don't have my
CDROM or DVD drive on my computer anymore! If you find an
answer please email me at (e-mail address removed) and I'll do
the same
Thanx
 
anonymous said:
Hi, the same thing has happened to me! I don't have my
CDROM or DVD drive on my computer anymore! If you find an
answer please email me at and I'll do
the same
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Same answer I gave them 3 minutes before you posted:

Do NOT be afraid of the registry hack here.
It is SAFE and has helped MANY people.
Respect the registry, don't fear it.

1) Log on with Administrative Privileges

2) Open the Registry Editor:
a) Go to Start then select Run.
b) Type regedit and click OK.

3) Backup you registry by:
a) Highlight My Computer by clicking on it once.
b) Click File (Windows XP) or Registry (Windows 2000), then Export
Registry File.
c) Select export range All; to ensure your entire registry is backed up
completely.
d) Select where you would like to save this backup, name the File, and
Click on the SAVE button.

4) Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values:
a) Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
b) Highlight this key by left clicking on it once.
c) On the right hand side delete the values Upperfilters and Lowerfilters.

5) Restart your computer.



Or try this:

http://www.dougknox.com/

Select 'Windows Utilities' and scroll down to 'Restore CD/DVD drives to
Windows Explorer.'
Perhaps his utility will do the trick. =)
 
I had the same problem
There is no upper & lower filters
I tried everything that I found but could not solve the problem
Please inform me if you can find a solution
(e-mail address removed)

Thanks
 
I've been having the same problems and I deleted the
Upperfilters and Lowerfilters out of the registry and I
still have the problem. If anyone could figure it out, I
would be greatly appreciative if you let me know.
Thanks!!

-----Original Message-----
Today, I was working on my computer, and for some
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reason, my CD and DVD drives became no longer
recognizable. I have no idea why. I discovered this when
I was attempting to save some video onto a CD using
Windows Movie Maker. I selected the option to save my
video to CD and I got a message saying that I did not
have a CD drive. Well, I thought this was strange
considering the fact that I had just been playing
Starcraft using said drive. I looked in My Computer and
sure enough, neither my D nor E drive showed up. I
troubleshooted through Device Manager. Still not drives.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Still no
drives. Any suggestions?? Please e-mail to
(e-mail address removed). Thank you.
 
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