Okay I have been having this problem for the past two months or so where my BIOS and/or Windows 7 is only sporadically recognizing my two optical drives and my external HD. I can't seem to find a fix!
First, here are my specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 445
Motherboard...
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not sure if this the right forum, but i will ask. I have a laptop running windows 7, the CD/DVD writer is quite slow so I pulled my writer from my old desktop and purchased a USB enclosure for it. When I plugged this in Windows 7 recognised it and installed drivers:). I thought all was good...
Ever since I installed Windows 7 (64bit) (Monday) my six-month-old Lite-on dual layer LH-20A1L DVDRW burner can't be used as the tray fails to close. It opens and closes during boot up, then stays open. Device Managere reports all is well, various driver sniffers report drivers up to date...
I'm sure i cant be the first with this problem, but after searching for about an hour or so im just gonna ask directly, sorry if this is a duplicate request.
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hi guys, i have no cd rom devices found on my installation.,
i have tried the regedit hack found on the internet for vista (this is the windows 7 RC im using) which was to delete the upper and lower filters in the cde rom registry then reboot, but this has no effect.
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CD/DVD drive locks explorer, won't play audio discs
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My optical drive was working fine under XP Pro and it was the drive I used to burn and install my copy of Win 7. Once I booted Windows 7 though, it refuses to read CDs or DVDs.
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I'm using Windows 7 (RC) and I can't for the life of me get a DVD to burn, I've tried using Nero, IMGBurn, AND Windows 7 built in burning functionality. I can burn cds just fine (with all three). When I revert to Windows Vista I can burn DVDs again (these are single layer data DVDs I'm trying...