Windows 10: Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all

Discus and support Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, It really isn't my day. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and previously my DVD/CD Drive was working perfectly. Now, nowhere on... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by gallantfive, Aug 13, 2015.

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  1. GALLANTFIVE
    gallantfive Win User

    Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all


    Hi,

    It really isn't my day. I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and previously my DVD/CD Drive was working perfectly. Now, nowhere on my PC, and I mean nowhere, is my DVD/CD drive recognised as existing. There is no DVD drive showing in Device Manager or in Settings>Devices.

    I have taken the side panel off my PC and all cables are properly plugged in.

    I have not tampered with the BIOS at all.

    Please, can somebody help as I really need to burn a disk tonight?

    Thanks, Charles.

    :)
     
    gallantfive, Aug 13, 2015
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  2. ARTHURCHATER
    ArthurChater Win User

    Dell Inspiron DVD drive not working after installation of Windows 10

    I have installed Windows 10 and since then my CD/DVD drive is not recognised. When I reverted to Window 7 the drive was again functional. I have gone back to Windows 10 and again the CD/DVD drive is not there.
     
    ArthurChater, Aug 13, 2015
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  3. NICKBENES
    nickbenes Win User
    DVD/CD drive is not recognised

    Original Title: DVD/CD player

    After installing Windows 10 upgrade my internal DVD/CD drive is not recognised but my USB external hard drive is, does anyone know how do I fix this problem?

    many thanks
     
    nickbenes, Aug 13, 2015
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  4. GALLANTFIVE
    gallantfive Win User

    Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all

    I managed to fix this one myself. The fix was for Windows 8/8.1 but it worked perfectly for Windows 10.

    1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator.

    2. Copy/type the following and enter

    reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

    3. Reboot the system

    My DVD drive was then automatically recognised. Yippee.
     
    gallantfive, Aug 13, 2015
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  5. DADDYDIZZLE
    daddydizzle Win User
    I took the time to register, so that I could thank you for getting my DVD drive recognised. Bit of a poor show from Microsoft, but hey, it was a free upgrade. All the other "fixes" were nonsense. Thanks again.
     
    daddydizzle, Aug 20, 2015
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  6. JRFOLEYJR
    jrfoleyjr Win User
    My computer is an upgraded Dell E510 with 4 gb ram from Win7 to Win10. The upgrade went off without a hitch until I discovered that my dvd drive had disappeared. The dvd drive worked before the upgrade.
    Now it does not show in the Device Manager and in fact cd/dvd drives are not even listed. There is no listing for atapi drives. I had VLC player installed to view movies so I uninstalled, rebooted, and reinstalled. No help.


    Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all [​IMG]


    An external drive works but what is the use of having an internal drive if the computer cant see it.

    Hacking the Registry is not my thing. Bad things happen when wrong things get typed in there.
    I am seriously looking at rolling back to Windows 7 which was working fine..
     
    jrfoleyjr, Aug 20, 2015
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  7. GALLANTFIVE
    gallantfive Win User
    *Smile Pleased to help. It can take time to trawl but forums such as this can be a great help. Hope you come back (says one newbie to another!).
     
    gallantfive, Aug 20, 2015
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  8. GALLANTFIVE
    gallantfive Win User

    Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all

    Don't give up. My FREE upgrade seemed to work well but I found several glitches including the above. Most annoying for me is not being able to set a PIN password when logging in on ex-Windows 7 Home Premium upgrades followed closely by the upgrade messing up my folder permissions (due to setting up an MS account). Top tip, if anyone says you must run a 'clean install', ignore them.
     
    gallantfive, Aug 20, 2015
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  9. BOBKN
    bobkn Win User
    When I did an upgrade to 10 from a Win 7 Home on an old laptop, it defaulted to a local account. When I switched to a Microsoft account in Settings, I automatically got the PIN associated with the MS Account. It also brought over the same desktop background as used on my other machines.

    Haven't noticed any folder permission issues yet. My favorite maxim: "It's better to be lucky than smart."
     
    bobkn, Aug 20, 2015
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  10. AKASHA23
    akasha23 Win User
    sorry I not a technical person.. or I am sort of.. but how do I : Run Command Prompt as an administrator? I am not sure where to find things with window 10. thanks.

     
    akasha23, Aug 24, 2015
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  11. SILLYGAMER
    sillygamer Win User
    This worked for me, thanks gallantfive
     
    sillygamer, Aug 25, 2015
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  12. BILL FLURY
    bill flury Win User
    After a couple of weeks of panic looking for a simple solution, I found yours and it worked. Genius!
    Bill
    =======
     
    bill flury, Aug 27, 2015
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  13. AMCGALL
    amcgall Win User

    Windows 10 - my dvd/cd drive is not recognised, at all

    This did not work for me. I should point out that my two DVD drives were working fine after upgrading to Windows 10 Pro. However, after a forced couple of updates (Windows 10 does not permit you to opt out) my DVD drives disappeared.

    I was forced to do a system restore to a date&time previous to the installation of the update(s). After that my drives reappeared.

    Hopefully Microsoft will come out with an update that fixes the bad update.
     
    amcgall, Aug 30, 2015
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  14. SICNARF 10
    Sicnarf 10 Win User
    Right click mouse at start pane read list.
     
    Sicnarf 10, Sep 14, 2015
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  15. WOBBLYO
    Wobblyo Win User
    Need to add more characters apparently.
     
    Wobblyo, Sep 21, 2015
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