Satelite L645 doesn't recognise the internal CD/DVD Drive

thing is,  this computer a Satelite L634 SP4019M doesn't recognise the internal CD/DVD drive, not even as an unocupied drive in the "My Computer" folder (just the C: drive is displayed). I have searched and I don't think I will find drivers for this online... what else can I do?
Does it has anything to do with this very same computer not recognising it's own touchpad as well? (I use an external mouse, to compensate)

Good for you.
In case somebody viewing this doesn't understand what happened (I don't), the usual fix is here.
   Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
-Jerry

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