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    My laptop recognizes DVD-CDRW drive as a USB device !!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by babygenius, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. babygenius

    babygenius Newbie

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    Dear friend,

    I just got a T61p from store. Our model is 6450 - 67U. I'm running Win Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1.

    Yesterday, i didn't remember what I did for sure, but now everytime I log on to Windows, the Taskbar always has a option : Safely remove your hardware, and the hardware here is the included DVD-CDRW drive on my lappy. I wonder why this can happen ??? Something like my laptop recognizes the DVD-RW Drive as a USB device, if I safely remove it, the DVD-CDRW drive will be disabled (means I can't see that hardware device on the "Device Manager" anymore.

    It just happened yesterday, and I can't understand why it happens. I didn't do anything wrong with the PC, just do a clean Vista install, but it's running very well till yesterday, when i realized the problem.

    Could you please help me to solve the problem ? What do I need to do to solve that ?

    Really really appreciate any advice.

    Sincerely yours,
     
    babygenius, Jun 22, 2008
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Is your optical drive removable?
     
    atbnet, Jun 22, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Greg, Jun 22, 2008
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