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    DVD drive not showing up in MY COMPUTER

    Discussion in 'HP' started by sjorge3442, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. sjorge3442

    sjorge3442 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am running vista premium on a 2418nr laptop. I am also booting ubuntu. When i try to use the drive in vista it doesnt work, but it shows up in device manager..... Then when I go into ubuntu it works perfectly, also works fine if I put my vista recovery disc in and restart the computer. I have already deleated the upper and lower filters in teh registry and nothing.

    Let me know what you think it is.

    Thanks
    Steve
     
    sjorge3442, Dec 23, 2008
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Start > right click my computer > manage
    Click disk management

    On the window on the bottom right, find the DVD drive, right click on where it says something like CD-ROM 0, hit change drive letters and paths. Hit change and assign it a letter.

    That should be it.
     
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    sjorge3442 Notebook Enthusiast

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    okay i have it back, but now if i double click on it it says

    E:\

    Application not found


    what do i do about this.
     
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    never mind...its working now, not sure what thats all about
     
    sjorge3442, Dec 23, 2008
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