My CD DVD drive cant be found. It did work, now it doesnt.

Need help with my CD DVD not being detected.

If it is a software problem, the fixit tool in the following weblink will resolve the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
I am an HP employee.
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Vidya
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