The DVD drive not showing in Windows is a problem Windows users experience now and then. When this happens, most Windows users immediately start freaking. Understandably, because replacing the drive costs money. Money, you do not have.
Fortunately; mostly the DVD drive not Showing in Windows is not a hardware problem, it is a software problem.
This article will help you troubleshoot your DVD drive and get it to show up again.
Before you continue, download DVD drive Repair and install it. Try the method below first before using DVD Drive repair, it is safer.
Method 1 (Recommended)
Open DVD Drive Repair, go to the Tools menu select “Device Manager” to open the Device Manager.
DVD Drive Repair – Open Device Manager
On the Device Manager window, go to the View menu and select “Show hidden devices“.
Device Manager – Show Hidden Devices
Right-click on each entry present under both “DVD/CD-ROM drives” and “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers” sections and select Uninstall.
Device Manager – Uninstall Devices
Once this is done, go to the Actions menu and select “Scan for hardware changes“.
Device Manager – Scan for Hardware Changes
Restart your computer and take a look if you can see the DVD drive now.
Method 2
If the DVD drive is still missing, you can try the following method. If this does not work, you might have a hardware problem and need to replace the drive.
Open DVD Drive Repair once again. On the DVD Drive Repair window, select “Just Repair” (This will disable extra processing) and press “Repair DVD Drives” to start.
DVD Drive Repair – Just Repair
When the program is done, restart your computer and see if the problem is solved.
How does DVD Drive Repair work?
DVD Drive Repair is not a complicated tool. It fixes the DVD drive not showing in Windows issue by resetting the UpperFilters and LowerFilters entries in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} registry key.
Furthemore, it sets the EnumDevice1 value in the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0 registry key to 0x00000001. The same can be accomplished by running the following command in an elevated command prompt:
reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001
Conclusion
Thank you for reading. I truly hope the steps in this article solved your problem. If another method solved the DVD drive not showing in Windows issue, please leave a comment and I will make sure to mention your method here.
The post Fix DVD Drive not showing in Windows 10 appeared first on Rizonesoft.
This post first appeared on Rizonesoft » Open Source Software, please read the originial post: here
