DVD drive not detected

If your DVD drive is not found in Windows 7 you can try a regedit fix.

• Go to START
• RUN
• REGEDIT
• Browse for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
• Delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters

Try a reboot and see if the DVD drive now appears.

If this doesnt work you can

• Start
• Disk Management
• Select “Create and format hard disk partitions”
• Right-click optical drive
• Select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”
• Select “Change”
• Choose a new drive letter.
• Reboot and it should appear.