My DVD drive disappeared

[j0nathan]

Don't know what happened both the dvd and the virtual one disappeared,
the dvd is detected inn the bios but when windows starts it does not appear.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8323/desktopbu8.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopbu8.jpg)

anyone has an idea why and how to fix it?

Thanks for any help.

[lynx]

My suggestion would be to uninstall the software for the virtual drive, then delete the drive from device manager.

After a reboot I suspect your dvd drive will re-appear. Then you can re-install your virtual drive. If the same problem recurs use different virtual drive software.

[j0nathan]

Thanks, it is working now...

[suprafreak6]

Lynx is a beast

[gamer4eva]

Forget DVD ROM just vanishing my new 250GB HDD just dissapeared.:cry: I tried to reset my pc and see if problems still occured but my HDD is not there.:( Any help??

If it helps all i can say before it vanished is that at the bottom a small exclamation mark come in a yellow triangle saying write to F drive failed or was delayed or something like that.

[lynx]

Have a look in event log to see what the actual error says.

Try unplugging the drive, reboot & remove it from device manager (you will need to select view/show hidden devices), then plug the drive back in and reboot again.

Depending on the error it could be faulty hardware (drive or motherboard) or a faulty driver.

Next time, please start your own thread.

Edit: nevermind, I just noticed that you did.