I killed my DVD drive through Safely Remove Hardware

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Aimee Wilbury, May 5, 2009.

  1. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    I was trying to safely remove hardware for a USB stick and I clicked on the DVD drive by mistake. :-o Now it's not showing up in My Computer or anything. Suggestions?

    Unfortunatly, didn't think to get the specs beforehand, so I don't know about the drives.

    It does open up, but if you put a disk in nothing happens.

    Another Edit: Nah, didn't "accidentally" click it, I just wanted to see what would happen. Stupid, huh?
     
    Aimee Wilbury, May 5, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Amiee

    Have you rebooted yet?

    Also check device manager for any issues with CD Drives
     
    DavidGP, May 5, 2009
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  3. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    I'll try rebooting. Be back in a second, thanks.

    Dunno why I didn't think of it in the first place!

    Edit: It works!
     
    Last edited: May 5, 2009
    Aimee Wilbury, May 5, 2009
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  4. collinsl

    collinsl MajorGeek

    If you safely remove hardware, you either have to reboot, or unplug the hardware and plug it back in.

    BTW, I get this all the time with vista, it recognises all my SATA drives for safe removal, including the one with the OS on. Kinda stupid, huh?:-D
     
    collinsl, May 6, 2009
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