How to Help Detect Computer CD Drive ?

If your computer system is not being able to recognize the CD drive, the reason might be that the CD/DVD ROM drivers are either corrupted or not installed properly. If you are using a laptop, it might be that you have tried to remove an external USB drive and have removed the CD/DVD ROM driver mistakenly. It is essential to check if the CD drivers in your machine is installed properly or corrupted.

Steps to help solve the issue

You have to click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and then choose Properties from the list of options. The next step will be to click on the Hardware tab and select Device Manager. Now, you will get a list, from where you have to click the + symbol that appears next to DVD/CD ROM drives. After clicking the + sign, you may get a CD drive that has a red cross next to it; this proves that the operating system has been able to recognize the drive, but the drive has not been enabled. All you have to do now is click on the drive name and select Enable for solving the issue.

If the drive is not visible at all, it will imply that the system is not recognizing the drive totally or may be does not have the drivers required for getting the drive to function properly. For verifying the problem in this case, you have to enter the BIOS of your system. Just restart your machine and press F1 or F8 continuously when the system is booting. Now you have to enter the BIOS setup and then go through the options for checking if the CD/DVD ROM has been listed in the drives.

Attention desktop users

Desktop computer users can also try solving any CD drive issues that lie owing to the hardware problems. You can open the cabinet of your CPU and find the two cables that go into the CD/DVD ROM. One of the cables is responsible for transferring data and comes from the motherboard, while the other cable comes from the switch mode power supply or SMPS and is responsible for supplying power.  You have to try reconnecting both the cables and then check out if the CD drive can be recognized. This should help solve your problem.

If you are persistently facing issues, you may contact the computer repair Dallas service provider for online computer repair.