Hi,
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.
Can someone help me enable my CD/DVD drive?
Thanks.
[P.S. I have administrator privileges]
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