My CD/DVD Drive Stopped Working

I went to put in a Buffy DVD earlier, and once I put it in, I waited, waited... waited... and nothing happened, so I opened up Windows Media Center to manually start the DVD, but it gave me an error, saying that it didn't detect anything in the drive. That kinda pissed me off, not only because my DVD drive stopped working, but because it suddenly stopped working for no reason when it worked just yesterday.

I then set off on my 20-minute journey to figure out what the fuck happened, and I figured I'd post what I had to do to fix it, just in case anyone else needs help or in case it happens to me again.

So if anyone else has an HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F DVD drive that just stops working, maybe this will show up in the search engines whenever someone searches for HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F Not Responding, or something to that effect.

Anyway, I Googled HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH15F, and I found this, which had the answer. Luckily for you, I'm just going to post the step-by-step instructions from that thread, so you don't have to weed through the (3) posts to find them on that page.

hello i got a new gateway today that had the exact same problem and the fix is pretty easy the people at the gateway online support knew just what to do

Ted_GWER4315 says: 1. Open the Window Logo then on the "Start Search" type Regedit.

Ted_GWER4315 says: 2.Using the Registry Editor: - Click on the [>] sign to the left of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE". - Continue clicking the [>] sign to the left of the following folders in this order: SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Class 3. The next folder we are going to actually highlight instead of clicking on the [>] sign. You will notice that these folders are not named, but instead contain a series of letters and numbers. The one we are looking for is called "{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}". When you find it, single-click on the folder to highlight it and then proceed with the instructions below.

Ted_GWER4315 says: 4. Removing the Problem: - Look on right-hand side of the window for an icon called "Upperfilters" and/or "Lowerfilters". - Right-click on it and select "Delete" from the popup menu. - Repeat the same procedure until both "Upperfilters" and "Lowerfilters" have been removed. 5. Saving Your Changes: - Exit any/all open programs.

Ted_GWER4315 says: 6. Go to the Device Manager, Under the DVD drive, right click on the DVD driver then choose uninstall. To open the device manager: (Open the Window Logo then on the "Start Search" type Device Manager). 7. Then Close the Device Manager. 8. Restart the computer so that the changes will take effect.

hope this helps you it helped me