Does External DVD Drive rm475e work with a Windows 8 Operating System

It worked fine with Windows 7 but doesn't seem to work with Windows 8?

Hello Orchard80,
Thats a good question. You never know about Windows 8.1 and compatability.
There is no driver to download because DVD drives all use pretty much the same generic driver that comes built into Windows already. So I logically one would think that it should work on 8 as well.
The manual states that it is supported from Win-2000 through Win-7 only. But it came out before Win 8 also.
Is the drive recognized in the device manager under CD/DVD drives? Type in Device Manager in Windows 8 Search and select it from the list.
If not, the only thing I can think of is to run the Windows Fix-it Tool to see if it helps.
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us
If it still is NOT recognized after the Fix-it tool, then apperently the drive just will not work with 8.
IF it is recognized in the system but wont work, there is something else we can try but I will wait to hear back from you first.

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