Hi All,
I had Windows 10 install itself recently and it wasn't until a couple of weeks later that I needed to burn a DVD. Surprise - no DVD burner available, even though my BluRay burner had been working perfectly until the unrequested Win 10 update.
I found the solution.
Go to Device manager and uninstall all of the IDE controllers. There were four on my system. Then restart the computer and the DVD drive should appear in both Device Manager and Windows Explorer.
The Microsoft Help advice is to do some stuff with the DVD icon in Device Manager, but if there's no DVD icon you can't do it. This reminds me of the old joke about the two guys flying in a helicopter near Seattle. Let me know if you want the rest of the joke...
Hope this saves some angst!!
Cheers
David
I had Windows 10 install itself recently and it wasn't until a couple of weeks later that I needed to burn a DVD. Surprise - no DVD burner available, even though my BluRay burner had been working perfectly until the unrequested Win 10 update.
I found the solution.
Go to Device manager and uninstall all of the IDE controllers. There were four on my system. Then restart the computer and the DVD drive should appear in both Device Manager and Windows Explorer.
The Microsoft Help advice is to do some stuff with the DVD icon in Device Manager, but if there's no DVD icon you can't do it. This reminds me of the old joke about the two guys flying in a helicopter near Seattle. Let me know if you want the rest of the joke...
Hope this saves some angst!!
Cheers
David