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CD‐Rom/DVD Drive Missing how to cure

For some strange reason people loose their CD‐Rom drive or their DVD drive

If you do here is one way to get it back.

It means a trip to the Registry.

Before you start remember this is dangerous stuff and make a System Restore point before starting

Also double check everything that you do before doing it.

Also make a back‐up of the Registry as follows:‐

Click the Start Menu.> Go to Run

Type in the box type Regedit Press.Enter

Click the ʺRegistryʺ (or ʺFileʺ) menu > Click ʺExport Registry File...ʺ

Now be careful to choose an easy to remember location in which to save the file ,

and an easy to remember name.

At the bottom of that box, under Export Range, there are 2 buttons,

Click the one that says ʺAllʺ, and then click Save

You will be sorry if you do not take the time to do the above if something goes dreadfully wrong

Go to Start > Run in the box type > Regedit > OK

Close the files by clicking on the negatives “‐“ to make them positives “ + “

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System > Current ControlSet. Services > VxD > IOS

If it contains an entry NoIDE, delete

Close Regedit and Reboot and it should redetect the IDE channels and the CD‐Rom etc.

Occasionally you may need to do it in Safe Mode ( See my Tip: – Start in Safe Mode )

If you loose it because of a virus such as Stealth Boot that you have to approach differently by first removing the Virus