Hello,
Can someone pls help me. Every time I insert a disk into my disk drive it dosent come up at all. Its like it doesnt exsiest at all. Because when I go into my computer all thar is there is things about my hardrive and howmuch space is left. I am useing vista. Can someone pls help me!
Kind regards
Damian Hewett
Hi my name is navjot and I was having the same problem I have sorted it
just follow the instruction
go to start
right click on my computer
click on manage
then click on storage
then click on disk management
then right click on your device and select add letters and path
window will pop up then click on add
the select an alphabet and click on ok
I followed your advice Nav but all I get is this response:The operation failed to complete because the Disk Manager console view is not up to date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem persists close the Disk Management console, then restart Disk Management or restart the computer.
I have done everything its told me to do but to no avail. Please help me!!!
I dropped my hard drive in concrete while walking :/ it does not show up in either disk management or my computer, but the computer does acknowledge when I plug it in (with that noise). Also, when plugged in it makes a whirring/beeping noise..
Is there any chance it's still alive?
I was think to drop my disk drive, Only I solved problem by your great instruction. Thanks a lot my dear. you are a really well wisher... God bless you.
ohhh guyz
I did what u wrote and ya I found the hard drive but when I clicked on the change driver letter error message appeared and written on it that the operation failed to complete because the disk management console view is not up-to-date
please could you be able to tell me how I go about installing my disc drive as I dont know whats up with it as its not getting recognised on my laptop in my computer and when I put a disc in it does nothing :) please help me
I have vista and XP/XP Pro on my 3 home computers and all 3 has had this issue at some point in time. This worked for all 3 with no problems.
1. Click Start, then Run, then enter REGEDIT to open the Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry
3. Under the Class entry, double click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the UpperFilters entry
5. Make sure the UpperFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
6. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the LowerFilters entry
7. Make sure the LowerFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
8. Close the Registry Editor by clicking File, Exit.
nothing happened,,,i think while trying to create a network connection it said save to e:- my cd drive,,, I did that without any cd and then I cancelled it,,some pop up said that I will delete any on that drive E,,,but my drive does not read anything,,not checked write,,,,a full cd and open E: it will still say, copy to cd as if it is blank,,,,do you know how can it be resolved,,i tried deleting drive and reinstalling, but no help also changed drive name ,,still no help,,,,thanks I have windows XP
The quick fix executable Microsoft file didn't work, however the REGEDIT did the job. I removed the low & high filters, then disabled and enabled the drive and BOOM! E:/!!!!!! It's there again & reads like a champ (no thanks to iTUNES!).
We shall use a systematic approach to cover a wider audience using windows xp home SP3 32bit OS.
1). Find your way to "Computer Management" (R Click---->manage)
2). Expand disk drives (System tools--> Device Manager--> Disk drives)
3). Choose the driver of the HDD you have problems with (Choose the correct one, usually with the red cross indicating it is disabled and cannot enable/having problems enabling it via GUI or CLI)
4). Uninstall (R Click----> Uninstall)
5). Exit "Computer Management" window
6). Safely remove hardware (Safely remove USB mass storage device-->tit is now safe to remove your hard ware)
7). Re plugin the external HDD (and wait for it to install the drivers afresh)
8). Rock and Roll ( only once it says every thing is good to go, Patience is a virtue)
9). Repeate steps 1 to 8 for other drives with this problems if necessary and have the drivers in hand only.
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***). Also you can change the drive letter so collisions do not occur
10). Find your way to "Computer Management" (R Click---->manage)
11). Select your external HDD (Storage--> Disk Management--> Choose disk via upper table or lower diagram/representation)
12). "Change drive letter and paths" (Choose drive--> R Click on drive)
13). Select drive---> Click on "Change"
14). Assign the following drive letter (Choose your drive letter, start from Z. Connections to databases will need to be removed and programes will not function properly if you are willing to do this) its very obvious
15)Click on "Ok"
I have a solution for your problem. Its a problem with Windows registry. Follow these simple steps to fix this in under 5 minutes. Good Luck!
If you have a problem with the computer not showing up the DVD/CD drive icon in the My computer window either in VISTA/XP, there is a little precheck list that you may want to go through before thinking about deleting upper/lower filter in registry. Here's how you do it.
1. First check in device manager in vista/xp to check if the DVD drive is getting detected. Usually if its a registry problem, the DVD drive will be detected in the device manager but it will also have a yellow exclamation mark on the DVD drive device entry which will be clearly visible. If this is the case, then simply follow the below link to fix it automatically by running an installer rather than manually messing around with the registry settings as this can harm you computer.
2. Here's the link - http://tinyurl.com/dxxcwt 3. Once you login here you will be presented with option to "save" or "run" the file. Please choose "save" and save the file in a place where you can access it. Once downloaded, run the downloaded installer file named "MicrosoftFixit50027.msi" by just double clicking on it. After installing you will have to reboot the computer and thats is all. You will have your DVD/CD drive back in the Operating System.
Hope this helps :D
Mine does not show up even in the list in device manager, any ideas? google chrome did let in a bunch of viruses the same day the drive disappeared, and I had to remove them with avast, so that may be connected.
Vinci0906, you are a *insert bad word* lifesaver... Thank you sooo much.. This happened to me and my mother thought I stuffed it up some how... Geez thanks for ur great advice *bows down to you* lol
i dont know about you guysbut I have a toshiba and my disk drive dont come up on "my computer" on device manegment its comes uup with a ! surrounded by a yelow triangle.i have tried every thing.............................help
Hi.
hanks soo much for all of the wonderful help you gave me.
Just one moe thing.
In the device panle it has a yellow explanation mark on te icon. Does that mean it is disconeced, if so what do I click do uninstal then reinstal or dhttp://ccm.net/forum/affich 47684 disk drive not showing up?Acces=1#ecrireo I disable the drive.
ive delt wit this before shut your pc down then turn it on again.
uninstall it then reinstall it.
then restart your pc and you should be fine.
kind regards luc .
I have a solution for your problem. Its a problem with Windows registry. Follow these simple steps to fix this in under 5 minutes. Good Luck!
If you have a problem with the computer not showing up the DVD/CD drive icon in the My computer window either in VISTA/XP, there is a little precheck list that you may want to go through before thinking about deleting upper/lower filter in registry. Here's how you do it.
1. First check in device manager in vista/xp to check if the DVD drive is getting detected. Usually if its a registry problem, the DVD drive will be detected in the device manager but it will also have a yellow exclamation mark on the DVD drive device entry which will be clearly visible. If this is the case, then simply follow the below link to fix it automatically by running an installer rather than manually messing around with the registry settings as this can harm you computer.
2. Here's the link - http://tinyurl.com/dxxcwt 3. Once you login here you will be presented with option to "save" or "run" the file. Please choose "save" and save the file in a place where you can access it. Once downloaded, run the downloaded installer file named "MicrosoftFixit50027.msi" by just double clicking on it. After installing you will have to reboot the computer and thats is all. You will have your DVD/CD drive back in the Operating System.
Hope this helps :D
I am using a old lap top hard drive as a USB external dribe to a vaio and when plugged in the drive is found, the driver instals and device manager shows it as working properly without any alarms. BUT it is not shown in my computer. Any advice please?
Even I have got the same problem. It is vaio laptop with Vista home basic. I have connected my external hard disk through USB. I could see the device in disk manager but it does not show up in my computers. In disk manager when I right click on the drive Open and explore options are disabled. Any clue??
thnxxxxxx man,,,,, it worked...............the icon showing in the drive was not a yellow exclamation mark it was a question mark but still the software worked for me........................
You dont have to worry about losing the pictures as restoring only means its going to change the system files as needed and it will not affect your data like pictures, documents, music, e-mails or video files in any way. Please go ahead and run the MicrosoftFixit solution without any worries :)
Thank you so much for your answer to Damian. I had the same problem with my disk drives and I followed your directions. It fixed it in about 3 minutes.
I realized that I have a Windows Vista 32BIT PC, HP Compaq Pavilon and I read that it came with a DVD/CD Drive on the box. When I insert a dvd into my computer, its not showing up under my computer either, also when I check my device manager, its not there.....CD/DVD drives aren't listed. Weird. I was listed about 4 months ago.
Sir, I have a problem with my drive it does not get detected in any of the computer, when searched for it device management the media collum shows no device found is the usb driver is curropted or any driver
HI,
my name is wahid kazi
my externel usb hard drive detected but not showing in my computer
when I go to disk managment all drive show in this hard drive when I changed drive latter path all drive showing in my computer but when I restart my computer prolem repeat always.
Recently when I connected together a new cc/dvd lg writer with my old cd/dvd rom.but the drive shows nil. when I remove the power cable from the old rom , 1 of the drive shows.please help me to solve the problem
In order for me to solve this problem for you, I would need some more details on how the CD/DVD drive is connected in your computer. There are 3 things I would like to know:
1. What is the interface the CD/DVD drive hardware is connected - is it using a Parallel IDE interface (if the cable is a flat ribbon cable which is wide and has about 40 pins on the connector end) or is it using a SATA interface (This is a cable which is about 1/2 an inch wide and the connector that goes into the Drive is also very thin)
2. What is the Power output of the POWER SUPPLY used in your computer. You can find this if you open the tower case and look at the sides of the power supply unit. It should show some wattage rating, for example: 400W, 600W etc.
3. How may drives are connected in your system in total including your new CD/DVD drive + the existing Hard Disk drives.
From what I can tell so far about the problem your facing is that, the power supply unit on you computer might be of a low wattage and is not providing enough power to the devices. I can ascertain this by the fact that when you disconnect the power cable from one of the drives (ie your old CD drive) one of the other drives shows up. This might indicate that the problem is with the power supply not providing enough power when both the drive's power cables are connected.
I agree with Ron 1. Click Start, then Run, then enter REGEDIT to open the Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry
3. Under the Class entry, double click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the UpperFilters entry
5. Make sure the UpperFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
6. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the LowerFilters entry
7. Make sure the LowerFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
8. Close the Registry Editor by clicking File, Exit.
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