Windows 8 will only recognize the Blu-Ray drive, if the Windows 8 disc is present at boot time
- by aceinthehole
If I have the install disc in the Blu-Ray ROM drive at boot time and subsequently remove the disc and replace it with Blu-Ray media, everything functions as I’d expect.
However, if I have no media present, or another disc in the drive at boot time, then Windows 8 does not seem to recognize that the Blu-Ray player is even present in the computer.
It is not present in My Computer, the Device Manager does not show the player, and scanning for new hardware yields nothing.
It seems that the driver is installed and working as expected, but what is it about having the Windows 8 install disc in the drive or not that would cause this kind of behavior?