unplug/eject hardware - accidental removal of DVD drive

G

Guest

I hope someone can help, I have just inadvertantly 'ejected' my CD/DVD drive
from my laptop (i meant to eject my USB and clicked on wrong one).

How can i restore this? it is an internal drive, and there is still a disc
inside it. The drive is now no longer showing in My Computer.

Thanks
 
R

Richard Urban

Reboot your computer.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
V

V Green

If you are uncomfotable with rebooting:

Go to System>>Hardware>>Device Manager.
Right click "My Computer" (or whatever you've named it)
and select "Scan for Hardware Changes"

Drive should be detected and re-installed.
 

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