CD/DVD drives dissapeared

[Spam-King]

(keep in mind I don't know much about computers)

WTF

I turn on my pc today and find that my cd/dvd drives are gone.

HELP
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[Lion7718]

I had this happen twice with my DVD Drive..never found out why......but,
I fixed it by shutting down & unplugging the DVD Drive & plugging it back in again....
rebooted & it was there.

[peat moss]

Sometimes deleting in device manager and rebooting works too.

[Spam-King]

I had this happen twice with my DVD Drive..never found out why......but,
I fixed it by shutting down & unplugging the DVD Drive & plugging it back in again....
rebooted & it was there.

nope still dont work

[Gripper]

Have you got a different ribbon cable you could use try swapping that if you have a spare