Windows 10: I have an HP running Windows 11 and it has no internal CD / DVD. It will not recognize...

I have an HP running Windows 11 and it has no internal CD / DVD. Bought an external but it will not recognize the external CD / DVD device.I have done everything the manufacturer Gotega advised me to do. I cannot find any driver downloads on here for CD / DVD devices at all.Anyone having same issue? If so, is it this brand of drive that is the issue? What drive works with laptop that has no internal and is running Windows 11?

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CD/DVD drive not recognized

---I'm okay with opening latops. I've opened this one 3 times, adding SSD HD and upgrading RAM. I'll be able to try this later on, Friday, probably. With it spinning up when a CD is inserted, I'm not sure this would help. I'd appreciate advice on this.

 

New DVD/CD - Not Running

First check the bios ,see if it it is listed as a startup device.
if not then the mainboard is not recognizing it and you Should check the cables and connections.
Forget devices, open the Device Manager and see if it is there, check properties
un check "turn off this device to save power" (just for now)
also check for any errors.
second step if all appears good is to delete the dvd in the Device Manager with the drivers.
reboot and see if it shows.

 

CD/DVD drive not recognized

First, try inserting a disc in the drive, does it spin up?
Sometimes, it takes media in the device to be recognized, rare for an optical drive though.

A few other suggestions

• Try uninstalling the device in Dev mgr, wait 2 or 3 minutes and if Windows doesn't cycle though hardware changes, right click any device and select Scan for Hardware changes.
  
  
• You might also want to check File and Folder options in File Explorer
  press the blue file menu,
  select Change folder and Serach options
  select the View tab
  is show empty drives selected?
  
  
• It would help members if you could post a screen shot of Dev mgr device properties (post the first 4 tabs)
  If it is an unknown device -post the General tab and the Details.
  On the Details tab, select Hardware IDs from the drop down box
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

I'm not sure if these suggestions will help. I had a similar issue with a CD drive on a Vista box, turned out to be a hardware issue on the Mobo. The optical drive is really controlled by a few settings (DVD, CD, Writer) and when it doesn't work, it is hard to diagnose.

If the device worked before (recently), it's a Win10 issue, and it might be version specific. There are known issues with AMD graphics drivers, this might extend to the chipset as well - those with Intel boards / CPUs can ignore this part. It's a guess anyway.

If you're comfortable with hardware, you might try removing the optical drive from the box, restarting without it attached, and then shut down, reinstall the optical drive and start up the machine.

Follow instructions in the service manual for your device or on the mfr website.