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I heard from many people that their DVD/CD drive have disappeared from My Computer.I started getting lots of queries last month on this.So here the tech solution to get back the CD/DVD drive in Windows Vista.

Create a file fixcd.txt and add these line to it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Fixes issues with cdrom drives not working properly

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-



Then rename it to fixcd.reg and execute it by double-clicking.Restart and watch for the DVD/CD drive magically reappear.