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Discus and support DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10 in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I can't find my DVD/RW drive in Windows 10. It was working find, then everything disappeared?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by wmayd, Jan 24, 2019.

  1. wmayd Win User

    DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10


    I can't find my DVD/RW drive in Windows 10. It was working find, then everything disappeared?

    :)
     
    wmayd, Jan 24, 2019
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  2. wmayd Win User

    DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10

    I can't find my DVD/RW drive in Windows 10. It was working find, then everything disappeared?
     
    wmayd, Dec 16, 2019
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  3. SATA DVD-RW Drives

    Hey Guys,

    So, I finally just bought my new rig: EVGA A1 Mobo (w/ 6 SATA Slots), 2 WD Raptors (SATA - Gonna RAID 0 Boot), 4 Seagate 320GB Barracuda's (SATA - Gonna RAID 5 Storage).
    However, I realized I also bought 2 DVD-RW drives, in SATA *Eek! DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10 :eek: not enough SATA ports on the mobo...

    So a couple of questions follow:
    1) Is SATA really faster for DVD-RW drives than IDE?
    2) Is there anyway to Inline/Series the (2) SATA DVD-RW drives, kinda like you do with IDE (Master/Slave)?
    3) Are there any SATA-->IDE reverse adaptors (not the opposite, I know those exist)?
    4) Based on the above answers, should I:
    • a) Get a PCI-E SATA RAID Card to Handle One of the RAID Arrays, and keep the DVD-RW drives as SATA? (although those are dang expensive, AND I don't know where that PCI Card is gonna fit - got an 8800gtx, PCI Slot-Cooler, Wifi card... an extra slot but no room down there)
    • b) Return the DVD-RW SATA drives and get (2) IDE DVD-RW drives?
    • Another option that won't require me spending a lot of money?
    Eesh, I'm kinda stuck on my build if I don't have a CD Drive to read from for Windows Install(I don't have any extra ones sittin around - and I want to install my RAID 5 Storage array right away)

    Suggestions?*Confused DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10 :confused:
     
    surfsk8snow.jah, Dec 16, 2019
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  4. DVD/RW drive disappeared in Windows 10

    DVD Drive repeatedly missing

    Thanks for your suggestions.

    My PC is ASROCK ACPI X64 and the DVD drive is optiarc DVD RW AD 5240S.

    I have tried all your methods from 1 to 3 but none solved the problem.

    Method 1 Step 5

    Run as administrator not available

    Method 2 Step C

    Expand DVD/CD rom drives Not visable

    Method 3 Step 3

    Corrupted files found but not all fixed

    All updates have been installed.

    Any new suggestions?

    Regards:
     
    David Massey 175, Dec 16, 2019
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