DVD drive problem in Lenovo G580

In my computer sometimes the dvd drive disappears and dvd driver with red multiplication cross is displayed. it was same in windows 7 i had before. recently i ve upgraded to windows 8 but same situation.. sometimes the drive shows up and suddenly disappears with a sound note.any idea rhow to repair the error?
  here s a screen shot of the error.
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rhow to repair the error?
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Thats not a problem at all dude. The cross mark appears because of Intel Rapid Store Technology. The drive gets disabled and it can be enabled by making right click on it and select 'Enable'. the drive gets disabled if not used for some time and saves energy.

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