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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD
and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
Greg Forschler wrote:
I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? That's a strange problem. How about go into Device Manager and uninstall the DVD drive and then reboot? Have you tried any of the options when you right-click the DVD drive? |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
On Mar 17, 12:47*am, smh wrote:
Greg Forschler wrote: I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? That's a strange problem. How about go into Device Manager and uninstall the DVD drive and then reboot? Have you tried any of the options when you right-click the DVD drive? I have tried uninstalling and then rebooting to see if it found it. I have to manually find it again, and then it works 1 time again, up until it is ejected. I don't know if it's a Win7 problem or a hardware problem. I've never seen anything like this. |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
Greg Forschler wrote:
smh wrote: Greg Forschler wrote: I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? That's a strange problem. How about go into Device Manager and uninstall the DVD drive and then reboot? Have you tried any of the options when you right-click the DVD drive? I have tried uninstalling and then rebooting to see if it found it. I have to manually find it again, and then it works 1 time again, up until it is ejected. I don't know if it's a Win7 problem or a hardware problem. I've never seen anything like this. As mentioned, it's a strange problem. After uninstall, Win7 should find the drive when reboot. Go into the BIOS and see if the drive is listed. Offhand don't know what the BIOS settings should be, but look into it anyway. As a last resort there's always trying with a known good working drive and see if the problem persists with it. (Also squirt some canned air to clean or dislodge any dirt that may cause the problem.) |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
On 2011-03-21, Greg Forschler wrote:
On Mar 17, 12:47*am, smh wrote: Greg Forschler wrote: I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? That's a strange problem. How about go into Device Manager and uninstall the DVD drive and then reboot? Have you tried any of the options when you right-click the DVD drive? I have tried uninstalling and then rebooting to see if it found it. I have to manually find it again, and then it works 1 time again, up until it is ejected. I don't know if it's a Win7 problem or a hardware problem. I've never seen anything like this. I do conjecture that doing `eject' reports some so massive a problem to the OS, so the OS has nothing to do but shutdown the drive. Given that good drives are about $20 now, would not it be more construtive to do voodoo-repairing by checking a different drive? Hope this helps, Ilya |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
I doubt that would help.
Ilya Zakharevich wrote: On 2011-03-21, Greg Forschler wrote: On Mar 17, 12:47 am, smh wrote: Greg Forschler wrote: I have a new Lenovo Windows 7 desktop PC and every time I play a CD and then eject it, the drive suddenly vanishes from device manager, so if I put another CD in, it will not auto play, and the drive is not listed under Computer, or device manager, or in File Explorer. If I reboot it comes back, but only for the first time I put a CD in, and does the same thing when I eject it. Any ideas how to prevent it from vanishing from the system? That's a strange problem. How about go into Device Manager and uninstall the DVD drive and then reboot? Have you tried any of the options when you right-click the DVD drive? I have tried uninstalling and then rebooting to see if it found it. I have to manually find it again, and then it works 1 time again, up until it is ejected. I don't know if it's a Win7 problem or a hardware problem. I've never seen anything like this. I do conjecture that doing `eject' reports some so massive a problem to the OS, so the OS has nothing to do but shutdown the drive. Given that good drives are about $20 now, would not it be more construtive to do voodoo-repairing by checking a different drive? Hope this helps, Ilya -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on the job for potty mouth, Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar I hate them both, With useless bogus bull**** you need at least *three* fulltime jobs to afford either one of them I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month UBB = User based bullFROGGING Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
On 2011-03-24, Tony wrote:
I doubt that would help. Who cares? The problem is either with drive, or adapter (probably on mainboard), or with a driver. Driver may be eliminated with booting from a Window Live CD/USB. Eliminating a mainboard is usually not a solution (unless the user is ready to change a mainboard, or install an extra adapter). This lives elimination of a drive problem. See below. I do conjecture that doing `eject' reports some so massive a problem to the OS, so the OS has nothing to do but shutdown the drive. Given that good drives are about $20 now, would not it be more construtive to do voodoo-repairing by checking a different drive? Ilya |
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DVD drive vanishes after ejecting
Tony wrote:
This is long overdue. Just to let you know that I appreciate very much your posts. Yours were instrumental in bringing about the beginning of the end. Again, very much appreciate it. Sam |
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