The driver of my computer s optical drive suddenly disappeared

You can right-click on the desktop'My computer'->'Management'- > open'Computer management', click on the left side of the window'Settings Manager', then click on the right side of the window to see if your drive is there, and click on the toolbar if not'Scans detect hardware changes'Re-test the optical drive and install it; If it is, see if it is deactivated, if there is a red cross, it is deactivated, and then it can be activated.

Set the first boot to the optical drive,Then put a system disk into it,If you can boot from there,Eliminate the problem of optical drive and data cable connection,It is very likely that the IDE is turned off。 Open the Device Manager, where the controller sets the IDE settings in the IDE primary and secondary channels to auto-detect. A reboot should work.

There are several reasons for this:

1.Drive conflict.

2.Sudden power outage, etc.

Solution: Generally speaking, rebooting is fine, if it doesn't work, you can unplug the cable and plug it in.

What drive do you want You see if your optical drive power supply and data cable are plugged in.

Shut it down and plug it in again, or plug it in with a different power cable, and maybe you can also disable the optical drive in Bois, but I can't tell**Settings You search for it.

This should be a conflict with the computer driver, you go to the safe mode to take a look, there should be an optical drive, if you try to block the sound card, many problems are caused by the wrong driver installation. I forgot to mention, did you plug in that optical drive data cable?

A few days ago, my computer also had such a problem, but in the device manager can still see the optical drive, but with an exclamation mark, but my computer can not recognize the optical drive drive letter, and then the optical drive is replaced by the cable problem is still the last repair, is a circuit on the motherboard burned, (the south bridge damage may also cause the optical drive can not be recognized, because the south bridge is in charge of external equipment)

I think there should be a problem with the data cable of your optical drive, you should pay attention to "detecting" when you turn it on

idedevice...See if the optical drive device is detected below, if not, it must be a problem with the data cable. If the optical drive device is detected, under the Windows system, call up the device manager, and use the "Scan to detect hardware changes" function, and the device can generally be retrieved.

Don't forget to do a virus scan after getting it back. You try it first.

Update the BIOS to the latest version and update to Windows Update

Enable and reinstall the driver in Device Manager.

2-1.Enter [Device Manager] in the Windows search bar, and then tap [Open].

2-2.Click on the triangle next to the [*** CD-ROM drive] device type. Right-click on [Undetectable Optical Drive] and click [Enable Device]. Check whether the optical drive can be detected.

If the [Enable device] option is not displayed, your optical drive is enabled, and please proceed to the next step.

2-3.Uninstall the driver of the optical drive. Right-click on [Undetectable Optical Drive] and click [Uninstall Device].

2-4.Tap [Uninstall].

2-5.Restart your computer. After you restart your computer, the system will automatically install the drivers. Check whether the optical drive can be detected.

3.Use the Hardware & Device Troubleshooter.

3-1.Enter [Troubleshooting Settings] in the Windows search bar, and then tap [Open].

<>3-3.Follow the on-screen prompts and try to resolve the issue, if the drive is still detected after using the troubleshooter, proceed to the next step.

4.Restore your system through a system restore point.

If you have previously established a system restore point, or an automatic system restore point, try to restore the system to the restore point that was last since the last normal boot.

5.System Restore.

If all the troubleshooting steps have been completed and the problem persists, do a system restore after the backup.