DVD drive not visible in Windows

I installed Windows 7 on my X301 machine.
I am not seeing the DVD drive in Windows Explorer.
I used the DVD drive to install the Windows 7. And I can see the DVD Drive in the BIOS.
I tried all those options from on-line such as:
The upperfilter - did not have this setting in regedit
The lower filter - did not have this setting in regedit
Using the F8 key to turn off the security checking etc

Maybe assign a drive letter to it might be the issue the upper and lower filter issue had a tool I used once but that was a while ago

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Hi,
I'm using windows 7 home 64bit on HP Pavilion dv4-3031tx notebook. Few months ago, I changed my DVD rom drive from HP service center as the burning option was not working. After changing, it was working fine. Now the drive is not visible when I open my computer. I installed all the drivers again from the recovery manager provided by the HP recovery disk, but still it remains same. Strange thing is when I insert my recovery disk and reboot my notebook seleting boot from DVD option, notebook can detect the disk and approaches for OS installation. If possible, I want to slove this problem instead of reinstalling windows from recovery disk as I have tons of programs installed in HD. Please give an effective solution. I'm really worried.
Thanks in advance.
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It is a fairly common problem and there is a Microsoft Autofix for it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
You can run the autofix but I have had better luck with doing the manual registry edit which is also outlined on the link.
This is called the upper/lower filters problem and is the very low level driver built into Windows.

DVD Drive Not recognized in Windows 7

Hi all,
I have successfully installed Windows 7 on my Lenovo 3000 N200 0687-A11. I have a problem, my DVD drive is not detected at all (not shown in Device Manager) but I can still open it, and it is definitely detected in the BIOS, and also it can boot from the CD - the problem is that it is not detected in Windows 7.
I am thinking that an application is causing this problem
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- iTunes
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dean
Lenovo 3000 N200 0687-A11: T5450(1.66GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1280x800, Intel X3100, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn, Bluetooth, Modem, 10/100 Ethernet, Fingerprint reader, Camera, 6c Li-Ion, Windows 7 Ultimate!
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Hi all + bladewing,
My DVD drive is now detected and working!!! What I had to do was;
1. I created a new partition (on the same hard drive) and temporarily installed Vista on the Partition (Making it a Dual Boot PC).
2. After Windows Vista was installed, I went into the Device manager, to find that the DVD Drive was successfully installed.
3. In windows explorer, I went to the directory D:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers and copied the file cdrom.sys and moved it to the partition in which Windows 7 was installed (C:\) . (Note: In this case D: was the partition in which Windows Vista was installed, and C: was the drive in which Windows 7 was installed.)
4. I booted into Windows 7, and the driver was successfully installed.
Done.
If anyone else is experiencing this same problem, and needs help with resolving it, please do not be afraid to PM me or post on this same Message. Also, I have the cdrom.sys file (from Vista – mentioned in this post) available if you wish me to send it to you or upload it.
Once again, thank you for all your help with this issue.
Thanks,
Dean.S
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