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    hp laptop not recognizing my DVD RW Drive...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by xrichardjamesx, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. xrichardjamesx

    xrichardjamesx Newbie

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    hey everyone, my laptop randomly stopped recognzing my DVD-RW drive and i have no clue what to do. it wont let me update the driver or anything...any ideas??

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    thanks!
     
    xrichardjamesx, Apr 16, 2008
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    Look in the registry here;

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

    delete any upperfilter (may not exist) and lowerfilter values. Reboot.
     
    goofball, Apr 16, 2008
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    xrichardjamesx Newbie

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    wow. thank you so much for the help. this website is an amazing thing.

    does any one know what causes this upper/lower filter thing to occur??
     
    xrichardjamesx, Apr 17, 2008
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    tends to be some software that gets installed like a optical drive emulator or writing software.
     
    goofball, Apr 17, 2008
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