Lost CD/DVD Drive after 10.5.8 Update

After updating from 10.5.7 (which had no problems) to 10.5.8 my CD/DVD drive disappeared! System Profiler (under Hardware/Disc Burning) says: "No burning device was found. If you are using an external device please make sure that it is connected and powered properly."
There was a disc in the drive at the time of the update and now I am unable to eject it. If it is relevant the disc is a Windows XP installation disc.
Any ideas what I should do.
---Paul

Well, damned if I know what happened, but I rebooted to get ready for Combo Update and the CD/DVD drive reappeard! It works fine now.
I had rebooted several times after the problem occurred so rebooting wasn't the simple fix.
Sorry to alarm anyone about this problem.
---Paul

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