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Monday, January 11, 2010

Restore Missing CD or DVD Drive

Reports have filtered in that CD or DVD drives will suddenly cease to exist in XP systems. Most often this has been reported in conjunction with program installations and Windows upgrades, but it has also happened for no apparent reason. This tweak will restore the missing drives after a reboot.

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To Restore Missing CD or DVD Drive :

  • [Start] [Run] [Regedit]
  • Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
  • Key Name: {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
  • Value Data: [Delete All Value Data from UpperFilters and LowerFilters]
  • Note: Do not delete the Key or the Multi-String Values. Delete only the data values.
  • Exit Registry and Reboot

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