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My laptop stopped detecting it's built in CD drive spontaneously. How do I fix it?
It's a recent purchase. I haven't even gotten my mail in rebate back yet but I live 300 miles away from where I bought it. It was a two day sale. I was very careful with it and the drive is operational, all the drivers are up to date. It worked until it stopped detecting my drive. I had used it the day before. It opens normally before Windows boots up, and if it was open when Windows starts it will open and close normally, except for when a program tries to eject a disc. If it is closed when Windows opens it will not open normally until it is restarted. It does not display a cd drive when I open My Computer I have tried System Restore multiple times. It seemed to work the first time only, and only until I shut down my laptop. I have tried detecting new hardware, none is detected. The system did not come with a software disc. Nor would a disc of any kind install anything if my drive is not detected. The drive is not removable. This is my only disc drive on my laptop. Please Help!!
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
There may be a number of reasons why it wont detect the drive. A simple 1 if it was working the day before and stoped it a lose cable, but being a laptop it may be harder for you to check as the parts are very small. It could also be a driver problem to check you need to right click on my computer icon, chose properties, hardware, divice manager. If it is a problem with the drive you will c a ? mark on it, right click on it and chose update driver.
let me know how u get on :)
- hockenberryLv 44 years ago
would nicely be a driver challenge yet also a hardware challenge. If for instance the powercable or records-cable to the dvd-power ought to have come free for some reason it would not be recognized anymore. frequently taking away a dvd-power from a pc isn't very difficult so possibly attempt eliminating it and reconnecting the cables. (take battery out formerly attempting to get rid of dvd-power). If that would not help i ought to attempt to rule out a software challenge. attempt restoring the device to an before state, via for instance using a fix partition, or restorepoint, or perhaps via reinstalling domicile windows. If that still would not help i imagine i ought to purchase a clean dvd-power.
