How to enable a CD/DVD drive? It is not listed in "My Computer"

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Published on 2010-04-16T03:57:40Z Indexed on 2012/04/05 23:33 UTC
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I just got a laptop from a friend. The CD/DVD drive is not present in "My Computer". But the tray comes out when I press the button and everything.

I remember long time ago, enabling it by changing some registry value, but I forgot which one.

  • I have administrator privileges.

  • I can see it in the device manager. But it has a yellow exclamation icon on it.

  • My OS: Windows XP SP3

  • In Device Manager, inside the properties window for this device, the following error is shown in the "Device Status" box.

A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32)

How do I enable my CD/DVD drive?

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