CDROM Icon Missing - Comments Page 4

I have tried running System Restore, but unfortunaltely the system was not set to be monitored, and hence Windows did not remember any previous setting. I have also run a program called 'System Recovery', which claimed to bring the system to its factory installed settings. And I did it multiple times. This also could not see the CD drive. And, as usual, the LED flashes twice during the system boots up. I would be really grateful if you could suggest what else can be done with the system.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Possibly a hardware problem. Have you tried swapping in another CDROM drive?

Bob, just a big thank you for helping me restore my DVD/CD rom icons. Device manager showed system recognized the drives (yellow exclamation point)but didn't recognize the devices. Followed your instructions with the surgical gloves and the Windows registry, and it worked! Don't test me. I don't have a clue what I did except follow the instructions. Thank You. Next project is a clean install on my C:drive.

Awesome fix. I was at a total loss as to what to do. I would also like to say that after I "hacked" the registry, my computer booted up a LOT faster. It used to take minutes for windows to fully load, and now it happened in seconds. Is there anything else I can do to help my computer move faster, like it did?

I tried this fix but only the LowerFilters was there and removing it did not help.

Sometimes when I start my computer, the boot up is very slow and whenit completes, the hard drive is not there. Other times the boot up is fine and the drive is there but within hours, the CD drive disappears. As this happens, my computer (IBM ThinkPad R40) goes through a series of short freezes followed by the hard drive light staying on. All programs operate fine after this however the CD drive is no longer in My Computer nor in the Device Manager. The hard drive light will turn off when I open the CD drawer. If I put a CD in, it makes all the right noises but nothing happens.

It's not the hardware because IBM replaced the drive but the problem remains. Any advice?

No, I have not. Do you mean to connect another CD-ROM to the laptop and test it?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Remove the one that may be failing, and replace with another.

i have a samsung laptop and this feb installed winxp and the cd-rw/dvdrom was not writing and i was installing firmware from samsung website and it disappeared after reboot... it doesnt show in the devic manager and not even rebooting from the cd at start-up,. any help?? please. appriciated.
there is no lower filter and upper filters in the registry... so any ideas???

this comments didnt helpme and i did everything still the cdrom is missing... it has power but its not working in my laptop

Roney, something may have gone awry when you tried changing the firmware on the drive. That might explain why it's not showing up.

Bob - I have tried all your advice but to no fruishion. I do not have any upper or lower filters, my cd rom drive has power but it does not register as hardware. I have unplugged it and re-booted etc but it does not recognise it. I tried a system restore but that does not work, and I can not restore my system to factory settings as I need the disk to instigate this.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Most likely a hardware problem. Try a new CDROM drive.

Thank you for posting this! I had this exact problem. Must have happened when something was uninstalled. My D drive was missing in My Computer, but the device manager showed a code 39 (missing or corrupt) error. Since I didn't know when it happened I couldn't use the system restore function to fix it. My PC support site recommended taking the PC in to be repaired. Your instructions were explicit and easy to follow even for a computer newbie like myself. You're great! It worked! Thanks!