Thursday, January 28, 2010

CD/DVD drive icon missing from Explorer and error code 39 or 19 in Device Manager for CD/DVD drive

In rare cases when you install 2 or more CD/DVD burner software in your PC, your optical drive might not read any discs and you check to see CD/DVD drive icon missing from Explorer window (My Computer/Computer) and also there is a yellow exclamation mark next to CD/DVD drive entry in Device Manager.

If the above mentioned symptoms are true with your Pc, then just run this Fixit to fix the issue. This Fixit will clear the upper and lower registry filters for CD/DVD drive to prepare it to function.

Click here to run this Fixit.

On the window that pops up on your screen, click on Run. Once you Run it, you might receive a message something as "Settings have been saved to the Registry". Once you get this message, go to Device Manager window and uninstall the entry under CD/DVD drive section. Once the CD/DVD drive section disappears, click on Actions and then Scan for hardware changes. If not, restart the Pc for the Optical disc drivers to re-install and you should be good to go.

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