dvd missing - no filters

What do I do if there are no Upper filters or Lower Filters in the registry
and my dvd still dosen't show up or work?
Been trying to fix this for a month now. Sometimes it works when I uninstall
the driver, sometimes it works when I put it to Sleep.
Then next boot , nothing.
Seems that hardware shouldn't be this big of a problem for Microsoft,
where's the utility that fixes these problems?

Sounds more like you DVD drive and not the os.


"jph1963" <> wrote in message
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> What do I do if there are no Upper filters or Lower Filters in the
> registry
> and my dvd still dosen't show up or work?
> Been trying to fix this for a month now. Sometimes it works when I
> uninstall
> the driver, sometimes it works when I put it to Sleep.
> Then next boot , nothing.
> Seems that hardware shouldn't be this big of a problem for Microsoft,
> where's the utility that fixes these problems?

OK....
So how do you fix it?


"Robert Martin" wrote:

> Sounds more like you DVD drive and not the os.
>
>
> "jph1963" <> wrote in message
> news:F833B54D-14A7-4E8C-BFAF-...
> > What do I do if there are no Upper filters or Lower Filters in the
> > registry
> > and my dvd still dosen't show up or work?
> > Been trying to fix this for a month now. Sometimes it works when I
> > uninstall
> > the driver, sometimes it works when I put it to Sleep.
> > Then next boot , nothing.
> > Seems that hardware shouldn't be this big of a problem for Microsoft,
> > where's the utility that fixes these problems?
>
>

jph1963 wrote:
> OK....
> So how do you fix it?
>
>
> "Robert Martin" wrote:
>
>> Sounds more like you DVD drive and not the os.
>>
>>
>> "jph1963" <> wrote in message
>> news:F833B54D-14A7-4E8C-BFAF-...
>>> What do I do if there are no Upper filters or Lower Filters in the
>>> registry
>>> and my dvd still dosen't show up or work?
>>> Been trying to fix this for a month now. Sometimes it works when I
>>> uninstall
>>> the driver, sometimes it works when I put it to Sleep.
>>> Then next boot , nothing.
>>> Seems that hardware shouldn't be this big of a problem for Microsoft,
>>> where's the utility that fixes these problems?
>>

Are you getting an error message or event logged when you boot and the
dvd appear to not be there?

No. I got no error messages whatsoever, it just wasn't showing up.
I downloaded a file called cdgone.reg and this seems to have corrected the
problem.
We shall see with the next few restarts.

Cancel that it didn't work.
I tried putting it into sleep mode (because it works sometimes) andthen I
got a pop up in the taskbar that said "Hardware Missing" widows can't
identify the ATA 1 device or something like that.
It dissappeared before I could write it down.

"jph1963" wrote:

> No. I got no error messages whatsoever, it just wasn't showing up.
> I downloaded a file called cdgone.reg and this seems to have corrected the
> problem.
> We shall see with the next few restarts.
>
>

Buy another DVD drive and hook it up.
A DVD burner can be bought for around $30.
Unless you are under warranty. Then call you pc maker.

Robert



"jph1963" <> wrote in message
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> Cancel that it didn't work.
> I tried putting it into sleep mode (because it works sometimes) andthen I
> got a pop up in the taskbar that said "Hardware Missing" widows can't
> identify the ATA 1 device or something like that.
> It dissappeared before I could write it down.
>
> "jph1963" wrote:
>
>> No. I got no error messages whatsoever, it just wasn't showing up.
>> I downloaded a file called cdgone.reg and this seems to have corrected
>> the
>> problem.
>> We shall see with the next few restarts.
>>
>>

I did a system restore and found that Toshiba added a program called cd/dvd
silencer as an update.
I restored before this was installed and my dvd reappeared.
I disabled this in the startup and will see if this is the offending program.
Thanks.

"Robert Martin" wrote:

> Buy another DVD drive and hook it up.
> A DVD burner can be bought for around $30.
> Unless you are under warranty. Then call you pc maker.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> "jph1963" <> wrote in message
> news:32B79822-431F-417F-9B1A-...
> > Cancel that it didn't work.
> > I tried putting it into sleep mode (because it works sometimes) andthen I
> > got a pop up in the taskbar that said "Hardware Missing" widows can't
> > identify the ATA 1 device or something like that.
> > It dissappeared before I could write it down.
> >
> > "jph1963" wrote:
> >
> >> No. I got no error messages whatsoever, it just wasn't showing up.
> >> I downloaded a file called cdgone.reg and this seems to have corrected
> >> the
> >> problem.
> >> We shall see with the next few restarts.
> >>
> >>
>