My last windows update whiped out my cd/dvd rom drive. how can i get it back?

on my HP Pavilion dv6700 entertainment notebook.
originaly was equipt with Window Vista Home, but I upgraded to Windows 7 Home both are 32bit.
I have automatic updates enabled, but I think my last update whipped out my CD/DVD ROM drive.
it shows up in my BIOS, but not in my device manager. I updated the driver(s), but still doesn`t show up, and my computer cannot find it. I get an error saying the drive doesn`t exist.
Is there a way to fix this? is is my drive ultimately dead?
plz help
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thanks,
Liz

Hi,
This fix from Microsoft may help.
Regards
BH
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