dvd drive not showing in vista - Digital World Cable Satellite Console Forum

magicalbeef · 1st December 2009, 15:12

hey guys, just bought a new pioneer dvr s18l to burn xbox games. connected it to my comp, but it doesnt show. when i do into device manager there is a cd drive listed there, but my computer and imgburn both dont see the drive.
any ideas?

ManofScience · 1st December 2009, 15:15

i've had this before. i'm guessing you replaced you old one? it thinks it's still the old one.

go into Device Manager, right click and select 'uninstall' to remove it completely. Then reboot. hopefully, it should install it from fresh.

magicalbeef · 1st December 2009, 15:21

tried it mate but no joy, removes it, restart then its showing in the device manager again but not my comp etc

leemoo · 1st December 2009, 15:22

Sounds like a driver issue to me but do what ManofScience has recommended and hopefully it should install once rebooted.

magicalbeef · 1st December 2009, 15:23

i did it to no avail, and no drivers come with the drive, but i thought sata stuff is plug and ply?

ManofScience · 1st December 2009, 15:41

it is.

Try it a different way then. Take it out and boot the PC up with no DVD drive in. Shut it down and reconnect it. when you log on, you should see the 'installing new hardware..' bubble

magicalbeef · 1st December 2009, 16:01

tried it mate, still no joy. any ideas?

ManofScience · 1st December 2009, 16:15

did u get the bubble?

is it SATA or IDE?

phawk754 · 1st December 2009, 16:40

I found this on another website not sure if this will relate to your problem

1. First check in device manager in vista/xp to check if the DVD drive is getting detected. Usually if its a registry problem, the DVD drive will be detected in the device manager but it will also have a yellow exclamation mark on the DVD drive device entry which will be clearly visible. If this is the case, then simply follow the below link to fix it automatically by running an installer rather than manually messing around with the registry settings as this can harm you computer.
2. Here's the link - http://tinyurl.com/dxxcwt
3. Once you login here you will be presented with option to "save" or "run" the file. Please choose "save" and save the file in a place where you can access it. Once downloaded, run the downloaded installer file named "MicrosoftFixit50027.msi" by just double clicking on it. After installing you will have to reboot the computer and thats is all. You will have your DVD/CD drive back in the Operating System.
Hope this helps :D

witchy · 1st December 2009, 17:29

Right Click on the drive and select Enable?

1st December 2009, 15:12	#1 (permalink)
magicalbeef DW Respected Member + Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,370 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	dvd drive not showing in vista hey guys, just bought a new pioneer dvr s18l to burn xbox games. connected it to my comp, but it doesnt show. when i do into device manager there is a cd drive listed there, but my computer and imgburn both dont see the drive. any ideas? __________________ Dream 800s, 1m dish, Technomate motor, Finally working perfect

1st December 2009, 15:15	#2 (permalink)
ManofScience DW Guru Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,041 Thanks: 4 Thanked 115 Times in 87 Posts	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista i've had this before. i'm guessing you replaced you old one? it thinks it's still the old one. go into Device Manager, right click and select 'uninstall' to remove it completely. Then reboot. hopefully, it should install it from fresh. __________________ CALL DA AMBERLAMPS!

1st December 2009, 15:21	#3 (permalink)
magicalbeef DW Respected Member + Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,370 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista tried it mate but no joy, removes it, restart then its showing in the device manager again but not my comp etc __________________ Dream 800s, 1m dish, Technomate motor, Finally working perfect

1st December 2009, 15:22	#4 (permalink)
leemoo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 217 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista Sounds like a driver issue to me but do what ManofScience has recommended and hopefully it should install once rebooted.

1st December 2009, 15:23	#5 (permalink)
magicalbeef DW Respected Member + Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,370 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista i did it to no avail, and no drivers come with the drive, but i thought sata stuff is plug and ply? __________________ Dream 800s, 1m dish, Technomate motor, Finally working perfect

1st December 2009, 15:41	#6 (permalink)
ManofScience DW Guru Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,041 Thanks: 4 Thanked 115 Times in 87 Posts	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista it is. Try it a different way then. Take it out and boot the PC up with no DVD drive in. Shut it down and reconnect it. when you log on, you should see the 'installing new hardware..' bubble __________________ CALL DA AMBERLAMPS!

1st December 2009, 16:01	#7 (permalink)
magicalbeef DW Respected Member + Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,370 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista tried it mate, still no joy. any ideas? __________________ Dream 800s, 1m dish, Technomate motor, Finally working perfect

1st December 2009, 16:15	#8 (permalink)
ManofScience DW Guru Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,041 Thanks: 4 Thanked 115 Times in 87 Posts	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista did u get the bubble? is it SATA or IDE? __________________ CALL DA AMBERLAMPS!

1st December 2009, 16:40	#9 (permalink)
phawk754 DW Respected Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: moon Posts: 1,087 Thanks: 42 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista I found this on another website not sure if this will relate to your problem 1. First check in device manager in vista/xp to check if the DVD drive is getting detected. Usually if its a registry problem, the DVD drive will be detected in the device manager but it will also have a yellow exclamation mark on the DVD drive device entry which will be clearly visible. If this is the case, then simply follow the below link to fix it automatically by running an installer rather than manually messing around with the registry settings as this can harm you computer. 2. Here's the link - http://tinyurl.com/dxxcwt 3. Once you login here you will be presented with option to "save" or "run" the file. Please choose "save" and save the file in a place where you can access it. Once downloaded, run the downloaded installer file named "MicrosoftFixit50027.msi" by just double clicking on it. After installing you will have to reboot the computer and thats is all. You will have your DVD/CD drive back in the Operating System. Hope this helps :D __________________ Guns don't kill people, people kill people

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witchy DW Elite Master ++ Join Date: Jul 2005 Spear Toss 5 Shots Champion! Posts: 16,531 Thanks: 930 Thanked 530 Times in 385 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: dvd drive not showing in vista Right Click on the drive and select Enable?

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