Comments on: CD-ROM drive disappeared and I cannot see it in My Computer window. What can I do?

By: marygold

marygold — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:55:31 +0000

Thanks so much! The Microsoft fix-it worked! Not sure if removing my cd Creator from computer caused it or if an update. Whatever. Its working better than ever.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:43:56 +0000

@ Asad,

i tried every thing but nothing happen
first option was using before it work but only for 15 or 20 min and now it’s also not working any other solution like first one…..please i can’t watch movies……

It’s possible the DVD drive is failing. It’s hard to tell without testing the laptop with another DVD drive.
You have two options:
1. Replace the internal DVD drive.
2. Buy an external USB DVD drive.

By: Asad

Asad — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:44:31 +0000

i tried every thing but nothing happen
first option was using before it work but only for 15 or 20 min and now it’s also not working any other solution like first one…..please i can’t watch movies…….lol

By: Joy

Joy — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:45:53 +0000

It really work for my missing drives after i tried “go with removing the registry entry”.. thanks for the info..^^

By: marc

marc — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:33:51 +0000

I dont have drive when I click on my computer

so i am not able to install stuff from CD or dvd disc etc

can you help me ??

I already dwonload driver install detector but does make a difference

have any other ideas?

By: Waqas Ahmed

Waqas Ahmed — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:24:39 +0000

Hello,

I also have HP 6720s and second option also worked for me. i just reset the DVD ROM and now its back in my computer. But i dont know for how long. Lets see and hope for the best.

Regards,
Waqas Ahmed

By: santhosh

santhosh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:37 +0000

thanks for this link. Gr8 help

By: Mustafa Qazi

Mustafa Qazi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:03:13 +0000

Excellent Post… I downloaded the tool from Microsoft and my problem was fixed. Now I can view my CD Rom.

Many thanks

By: Radu

Radu — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:10:01 +0000

For me it worked the 2nd solution. I had this annoying problem with an HP 6720s but now it seems to be fixed.
I’ll write down the simptoms that the laptop had:
*The drive was disappearing in My Computer and not just there! I tried to install windows several times , but i wasn’t able to do it as the message “Press any key to boot from cd.. ” was not displayed and the laptop was just booting normally from the hdd.
*When the drive wasn’t displayed in “My Computer” , the CPU was used at about 11-14 % even though there was no activity in the background.
*The cursor’s movement wasn’t smooth anymore ; every 1 second the cursor was just getting stuck.
*The sound produced by any program or website (let’s say youtube) was doing the same thing as the mouse’s cursor used to : it was just gettin stuck.
That’s more or less everything. Hope i could help some of you..

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:52:26 +0000

Hi I’ve had the same problem on my Inspiron B130, and I’ve tried deleting the upper and lower filters, and I’ve tried the firmware download, and the firmware download worked, but the CD drive dissapeared again. So, the next time on the boot menu the option to boot to the CD drive was not there, but then a couple days later it was there, and then the CD drive dissapeared again and now I’m having the same problem with the boot to the CD drive not showing up on the boot menu. So, can somebody tell me why the CD drive keeps dissapearing, and how I can fix that?