Windows 10: Issue With New Drive Listing - DVD RW Drive (F:) (Powered Off) in W10.

Hello. First, nice to meet you all! I am a computer novice with wisdom in computing without technical education in programming. I guess this is the best way to put it. I resist social media for the most part unless necessary. I do not like cloud services and believe in client-side data saving versus server-side data saving online.

Okay, my issue to the reason why I am here. I have an issue. I have upgraded from Windows 7 Pro x64 to Windows 10 Pro x64 using Windows Media Creation Tool SAC Version1903 and then upgraded to Version 1909 all over a month ago on the same Lenovo T510. After the upgrade, I added a new addition retro-like programs like Open-Shell Menu to give Windows 10 a more Windows 7 comfortable appearance. Now, an issue after the upgrade is I have a new drive listed in "This PC" named "DVD RW Drive (F (Powered Off)" that I never had before the upgrade to Windows 10. I do have an optical drive listed as a separate drive as "DVD RW Drive (F. If I right-click on the "DVD RW Drive (F (Powered Off)", I get a small superimposed window listing "1, 2, 3" vertically listed followed by a horizontal line and then under that stating,"Create shortcut". If I double click on the "DVD RW Drive (F (Powered Off)", I get a window pop-up stating, "RunDLL There was a problem stating starting C:\Program Files (x86)\LenovPowerMgr\PWMTR64V.dll". After the upgrade, I have uninstalled all the Lenovo drivers and software on the Lenovo T510 PC. In my program listing, there is no longer any listing for Lenovo Power Manager as I used Revo Uninstaller and did an "Advanced" or complete removal of all Lenovo drivers and software from this laptop PC, if that is what you are asking yourself? So I have no idea what this means and what is going on? I would like to get rid of and remove this drive under "This PC" called the "DVD RW Drive (F (Powered Off)". How do I do that? I need precise and detailed steps, please. I have added 3 PDF images to this posting for your help.

Please reply with answers and solutions to this issue. Thank you very much!

2020-02-11_023931.pdf2020-02-11_023954.pdf2020-02-11_024005.pdf

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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! 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

Hi Julia,

Welcome and thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are having a tough time working on the computer.

Please provide us the following information:

• 
  What is the make and model of the computer?
  
• 
  What is the exact\complete error message?
  

Step 1: Try updating the DVD\CD-ROM drives from device manager.

• Press Windows key + X and click on
  Device Manager.
• Expand DVD\CD-ROM drives .
• 
  Right click on the driver and select
  Update Driver Software.
  
• 
  Restart the computer.
  

Step 2: I suggest you to check and install if there is any latest firmware update for DVD drive from the computer manufacturer.

Hope it helps.

Do update us with the details, we are glad to assist you further.

 

DVD RW Drive won't "Powered on".

Hi,

Please provide the answers to the following for us to be able to learn more about the issue you're experiencing with your DVD drive:

• Is your Windows 10 up-to-date?
  
• When did the issue start? What are the changes made or the things you've done before the issue start?
  
• Have you tried reinstalling the DVD/CD-ROM drives? If not yet, here are the steps on how to reinstall the
  
• DVD/CD-ROM drives driver:

• Right-click Start, then select Device Manager.
  
• Right-click the driver under DVD/CD-ROM drives, then select
  Uninstall.
  
• Restart your laptop to automatically reinstall the drivers. Make sure that your driver is updated after reinstalling the drivers.
  

Meanwhile, running the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter finds and repairs problems with devices and hardware. Here's how to run the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter:

• Right-click the Start icon, then select Control Panel.
  
• Choose the Large icons option from the View by drop down list found on the upper-right part of the Control Panel window.
  
• Locate then select Troubleshooting.
  
• Click View all from the left pane.
  
• Locate and click Hardware and Devices to run the troubleshooter then follow the next steps.
  

Let us know what happens after following the above mentioned troubleshooting steps.

Regards.