Windows 10: External USB DVD Drive Disappears

Discus and support External USB DVD Drive Disappears in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I am running Windows 10. I have an external USB DVD Drive, which when I plug into a USB port, is recognised by File Manager and the USB Eject icon... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Himanshu A Shah, Feb 13, 2021.

  1. External USB DVD Drive Disappears


    I am running Windows 10.

    I have an external USB DVD Drive, which when I plug into a USB port, is recognised by File Manager and the USB Eject icon list on the taskbar.
    When I place a DVD in the drive, the movie comes up and plays perfectly OK.

    When I eject the DVD, the DVD Drive renames on File Manager, but not on the USB Eject icon list.
    When I place the DVD back in the drive, still not DVD Drive on USB Eject icon list.
    If you click on the File Manager DVD Drive, it just hangs.
    Only when I physically remove and then reinsert the USB connection for the DVD Drive, is it fully recognised by Windows, and useable again.


    Any ideas please?

    :)
     
    Himanshu A Shah, Feb 13, 2021
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  2. Windows 10 and External DVD drive

    Hi,

    Thank you for keeping us posted.

    I would suggest you to open the device manager and check if the drive shows up in device manager.

    Follow the steps given below:

    1. Press Windows key + R to open the run command.

    2. Type devmgmt.msc and press enter to open device manager.

    3. Expand DVD/CD-Rom drives and check if the external DVD drive is listed.

    4. If so, right click on it and uninstall it.

    5. Restart the computer.

    Let us know the result.
     
    Wungraileng Vashi, Feb 13, 2021
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  3. Windows 10 does not recognise external usb dvd drive. NEW METHOD REQUIRED fornfix

    So, after a recent update, my father-in-laws laptop has stopped recognising his external dvd drive. It shows up in device drivers as an initio device, and in portable drives, it's listed as e:\ but it doesn't show up as a drive in file manager windows.

    This happened previously, and I used a fix listed here

    Link to old fix

    METHOD 5 and METHOD 6

    My problem is, that now he has updated windows to most recent version, this fix no longer seems to work, and if you notice at the bottom of the support methods provides, it specifically states that these methods should NOT BE NECESSARY in the latest updates.
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    EDIT: I originally listed the steps detailed in old fix, but formatting disappeared and it became a wall of text, so just provided link and methods used. Please read original methods to see steps I have already taken.
     
    sandy the hippy, Feb 13, 2021
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    External USB DVD Drive Disappears

    Disappearing dvd drive


    When I hook up an internal hard drive in win 10 my DVD drive disappears . Cant find it in explorer . The second hard drive takes the D letter and no DVD rom is shown . When i disconnect the HD the DVD returns as D drive . Any suggestions . SATA connections on everything .
     
    mikelori5, Feb 13, 2021
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