Satellite P100-347 - DVD Drive no longer visible in Windows XP MCE

Hi. My DVD drives seems to have disapeared from within Windows MCE running on my P100-347. BIOS can see it, it opens and closes with no issues and the light comes on as if the disc is being read yet it's not being seen by Windows as a drive.
I've installed the DVD-RAM drivers from the Toshiba website but this hasnt made one bit of difference. Any suggestions?

Hi. Thanks for the reply.
Thats the thing. There is no error message or device in device manager relating to the CD / DVD drive. It's not even there as D: drive.
I've tried the knowledge base article and still the problem remains. Does anyone know the product code of the DVD drive that comes with the P100-347? Perhaps I can find a driver for it based on this.
Edit:
Have found the following in the Event Log :
20 May 2007 PlugPlayMa nager The device 'HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N' (IDE\CdRomHL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GMA- 4082N_______________PT06____\3 04d363050393534353520332020202 020202020) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.
Investigations continue....
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