Windows 10: What is a good DVD/CD RW internal drive to buy now for Windows 11?

I upgraded to Windows 11 last year and my old internal drive no longer works.

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CD/DVD RW Drive not recognised

Hi all.

I have an Acer laptop with built in DVD/CD RW drive, running Win 10

For some reason, the laptop has stopped recognising it.

When I put a disc in it whirs, spins and clicks as usual as if it were reading it normally, then stops.

Have gone through all the usual checks and I note that its not even listed under devices, in fact, there is no option for CD/DVD drives even listed to expand under

I have even gone as far as to return the laptop to factory settings and still no luck.

Can anyone suggest a fix (in laymans terms LOL)

 

Is an external CD-DVD/RW drive a complete replacement?

Is an external CD-DVD/RW drive a complete replacement for an internal drive?

I would like to replace my non-functioning internal CD-DVD/RW drive with an external drive, such as the Dell drive listed in the following link: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-DW316-Ex...M6040WGXPZNYW1


I'm particularly interested in burning and using bootable CD's needed for some app's, where CD's seem to work much better than flash drives.

An excellent example is my current attempt to create a Macrum Reflect Emergency Boot Disk, where a standard flash drive with a FAT 32 format is not suitable without special formatting first. My first formatting attempt resulted in a flash drive that was not recognized except in disk management.

Jim

 

DVD-RW now showing as CD Drive?

Would appreciate any help on this ...

I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but i noticed yesterday that when i put a DVD into my DVD drive it suddenly changed to say it was a CD drive, and 'incorrect function'.
I have 2 Drives, one is a CD-RW/DVD and the other is a CD/DVD-RW. As far as i can see the CD-RW is working fine because i can still burn CD's and read CD's and DVD's.

I've tried rolling back my drivers, updating drivers, uninstalling and re-installing, and checking my windows registry didnt have any errors (It did but they have now been fixed and it didnt make any difference to the drive problem) all to no avail.
I also checked the start up priority on the BIOS screen, my CD drive is first priority, but it doesnt seem to have an option for the DVD drive.

I'm at my wits end now and my pc is about to go out the window ... *Bang Head :banghead:

Anyone have any idea's whats going on with my drives?