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I just want to thank u for this. I also have this problem on my pc then i followed your instruction and it works! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I am running XP Media Edition and have a HP PC with TSST Corp TS-H652L DVD/CD Drive. Unfortunately, I also have no "upper Filters" entry, and System restore told me that "no changes have been made", so no restore possible... I have a code 41 and the message "driver loaded but device can't be found". Grrrr! I think I might try buying a bootable thumb drive and getting new firmware, as suggested by the HP website. I'll let you know how it goes.

I am having this problem with my DVD Burners, they keep disappearing on me at first they where there fine working fine and one day i restarted my pc they disappeared from my computer, device manager from bios, i tried to scan for new hardware but nothing happend. So i opened up my computer and disconnected everything and connected it again the drives came back and i was so happy they where in my computer, and device manager and bios but then once i restarted again they were gone... (I tried this with to different IDE cables so i doubt its that. they open n close idk) Can someone please help me give me any infomation or suggestions?... Thanks in Advance

Hi, I'm having a similar problem--though not exact--but I thought someone here might have some advice. My CD/DVD drive has no problem reading CDs and CD-roms, but it no longer recognizes any flavor of DVD. This problem began after uninstalling software for copying and burning media (Roxio Easy Media Creator 7). I have tried uninstalling and rebooting to have Windows rerecognize the drive, but that hasn't worked. And I have neither UpperFilters nor LowerFilters entries in the location mentioned. I'm stumped! Please, if you have any ideas, I would really appreciate it.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you try re-installing Roxio?

Thanks very much for your help on finding my CD ROM missing from My Computer. You are the BEST!

Dear Bob in the reg its got uper filter and then for lower filters its got. lower fiters.1 then lower filters. bak -- i have done it in the pas t no problems but i not come across this problem
thanks for all your help in the past.

EDITOR'S NOTE: They could be backups of the key.

Well, my roommate has been having an issue with his DVD drive not showing for the last 9mos or so. So he would just share out on another PC a DVD/CD to in-stall stuff, what a pain. He don't want to go thur the re-install the OS route either. I found this post in about 10min or so, try it out, he only had "upperfilters" at the reg location, so we just deleted that and re-started. BAM, 1 working DVD drive. SWEET-NESS. Nice work you guy(s)

I have the exact same problem as everybody on this board has regarding the disappearing CDRW/DVD Drive. Unfortunately deleting the upper & lower filters do not work in my case & it is too late for me to use the system restore since the problem occured last November. I have traced the problem to Roxio. I am at a loss of what to do. Is there a solution for people where deleting the upper & lower filters don't work?

EDITOR'S NOTE: It seems drastic, but re-installing Windows should do the trick.

Reinstallng windows is out of the question. They didn't come on CD-ROM & even if they did it would be fruitless since my CD-ROM doesn't work. I guess that you are implying that I don't need a CD to reinstall windows, but I would need CDs to reinstall everything else. Anyways, I am not prepared to start over again -- too much info lost, both for business & pleasure, & too much I would have to start over.

Some people have had success in removing the IDE cable & put it back despite the fact that it is a software issue. I am not a technician & am nervous about doing so unless it is really easy. I am usually good at discovering how to fix my own computer problems, but this particular one has even stumped experts (including those on the Cnet forums). The deleting of Upper & Lower filters works for some people, but it doesn't work for others with the same exact problem & I am not sure why. It would be great to discover a cure-all for this once & for all. Roxio & Nero CD burning software are not always the culprits, but they seem to be largely responsible.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Reseating the cables is really pretty easy. Pop open the hood, find the cable that goes from your CDROM drive to the motherboard (the large green square that everything plugs into) and gently pull out the cables from the connectors (on both ends), then pop 'em back in.

I might take this option. I have looked up "IDE Cables" on Google Images, so I know what they look like, & have gotten instructions from online in how to take it out & put it back into place. But this might seem like an idiot question; how do you get the top off an HP? I have tried to use a screw driver, but I couldn't take off the sides. Also for further precaution. Are there reasons why I shouldn't do this because I don't want to lose my computer?

EDITOR'S NOTE: All cases are different. Sometimes a side panel slides off, sometimes the whole case. Usually there are screws on the back of the system unit. You can try searching for help via Google if the case remains a mystery.