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DVD/CD Drive not even showing up!
Hey all;
I just got a new gateway laptop on Black Friday over at Best Buy, and since it's new it has Vista on it. I was loading some files and stuff onto my computer using some data discs I had just made from my old PC, and then all of a sudden last night the discs stopped loading. I checked around, and I can't find any proof that my disc drive even EXISTS, whether it has a disc in it or not. I've gone into Computer Management, and not only does the drive not show up, I can't even find it by scanning or refreshing, and it doesn't show up on "My Computer" at all either. Eventually, I did find it on the Computer Manager, but it wasn't listed on the "Drive" list and had the yellow exclamation icon on it. Here are some screen caps; "My Computer", only showing the CPU and Recovery Drives (No Disc Drive); http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...MYCOMPUTER.jpg "Computer Manager" showing only the two drives, still no CD/DVD/Disc Drive listed; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement01.jpg "Device Manager" listed under the "Computer Manager", showing the CD/DVD drive with a yellow exclamation Icon; http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...nagement02.jpg Oh, by the way, when I found the drive under the "Device Manager" I tried searching for hardware updates, driver updates, and anything else I can find, and tried disabling it/re-enabling it, and nothing worked. So, who knows. Can anyone help? Thanks -Gary |