Solved! Dell Insprion 1545 DVD Drive Disapears

shmcphrsn

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Hello,
I have a Dell Insprion 1545 and the DVD drive shows up when i start the computer but then it Disappears and I just recently upgraded to Win7 home pre 32bit... Any help as to why this happens?
 
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If you tell Windows to detect any new hardware from the device manager, does the drive re-appear? Have you checked the cable to the DVD drive inside the system? It may have come loose...

The_Prophecy

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If you tell Windows to detect any new hardware from the device manager, does the drive re-appear? Have you checked the cable to the DVD drive inside the system? It may have come loose...
 
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shmcphrsn

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I've tried to detect it using Windows and it sometimes re-appears but then again it does it all on it's own every now and then and no I haven't opened it up to see if the cable is loose... maybe I'll try doing that next, will let you know what happens...