CD Rom Driver

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Gordon Gekko

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Alright, for the past couple of days, my computer has been telling me that my CD-Rom/DVD Driver is missing and/or corrupt. I'm not able to play CDs, rip CDs, or anything. As a matter of fact, the D-drive doesn't even show up when I open up the "my computer" window.

I have a Dell Laptop, Latitude D520.
Here's the the CD-Rom Driver code if it helps.
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T11N

How would I go about correcting this problem?
 
numba2stunna

numba2stunna

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Jun 4, 2004
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I got the similar problem with my Dell Inspiron 2200. I also got a problem with it not recognizing my hard drive, I think it is a loose connection because I can turn it on it's side, power on and then it works good until I turn it off again.

The CD Burner, I make sure it is seated good in the bay, then reboot and it usually works.

Does the CD drive show under My Computer/Properties/Hardware/Device Manager/ when you right click on My Computer?

Even without the driver the drive should show as unknown with a yellow icon.
 
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Gordon Gekko

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numba2stunna said:
I got the similar problem with my Dell Inspiron 2200. I also got a problem with it not recognizing my hard drive, I think it is a loose connection because I can turn it on it's side, power on and then it works good until I turn it off again.

The CD Burner, I make sure it is seated good in the bay, then reboot and it usually works.

Does the CD drive show under My Computer/Properties/Hardware/Device Manager/ when you right click on My Computer?

Even without the driver the drive should show as unknown with a yellow icon.
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That last part....that's whats going on.
 
Doberman

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Try this. My cousin had the same problem...and this worked for him. It can happen with certain burner software.

http://www.siliconguide.com/qa/forum/messages/71.shtml

Good Luck!

1. Click on START button, the click on RUN
2. Enter REGEDIT and press enter
3. When REGEDIT starts, open up the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. After clicking on {4D36E965-E325 -11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} you should see two settings on the right-hand side:
"Upperfilters"
"Lowerfilters"
Click on each of them, press DELETE and click YES.

Then close REGEDIT, shutdown & restart your PC
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Make sure it says DVD/CD Rom at the top.
 
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