If a window does not open when discs are inserted into the drive and the drive does not display in File Explorer, see The CD/DVD drive does not display. If Windows recognizes the CD/DVD drive, but the disc burning software does not detect the drive, see Software for burning burning di...
In addition to the comment posted on March 26th if the BIOS is able to detect the CD/DVD ROM but Windows still does not detect it please verify you have the latest BIOS version for your computer. You will have to check with the computer manufacturer to determine if there i...
Troubleshooting steps to detect the drive when installing a new Windows* OS on a 12th or 11th Gen Processors Device Description When installing the Windows* operating system, no storage drives are available to select for the destination drive. Resolution Follow the instructions below to properly ...
looks like that link points to troubleshooting for an existing Windows installation that isn't booting because of the boot sequence/priority being set wrong- my case is trying to get the Windows installation disc to detect the hard drive during a clean install with a wiped/formatted hard drive...
Step 4. The backup location can be another local drive on your computer, an external hard drive, network, cloud or NAS. Generally, we recommend you use an external physical drive or cloud to preserve the system backup files. Step 5. Customiztion settings like enabling an automatic backup ...
This routine is for drivers that detect legacy hardware that cannot be enumerated by PnP. Registry routines Expand table FunctionDescription IoOpenDeviceInterfaceRegistryKey Returns a handle to a registry key for storing information about a particular device interface. IoOpenDeviceRegistryKey Returns a ...
There can be many reasons why Windows did not detect your flash drive. When users face problems with USB drive not showing up, most people believe that their drive is dead. However, this is only the worst-case scenario. There may be a problems with your computer hardware or with Windows ...
I have been trying to set up my new Samsung EVO SSD 250 GB by replacing my DVD/CD drive. I replaced the DVD drive with a fitting caddy, attached the SSD to it and inserted it into my Laptop. The SSD is detected in BIOS. But when I tried to s...
For each DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive listed, select the icon then choose Action > Uninstall. Restart Windows. Windows will automatically detect and reinstall your DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drives. You can verify that the drives are installed by viewing them in Device Manager (see step 9). If the ...
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect This allows you to easily boot your target device into a regular Windows XP session on the C: drive in case something goes wrong with the Windows XP Embedded image on the D: partition. An alterna...