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What happened to my CD Drives?

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PLtNmHeLiX

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Hey guys I'm lost I go to open the files on a cd and I see this my Removable Disk Drives (CD Burner + DVD Burner) have disappeared:
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It's possible a filter driver is missing or non-operational. Give this a try...Start | Run | Type regedit and click OK | Locate the UpperFilters value under the following Key in the Registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SYSTEM | CurrentControlSet | Control | Class | {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK. Locate the LowerFilters value under the same Key in the Registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SYSTEM | CurrentControlSet | Control | Class | {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK. If you lose functionality in a particular program, such as CD recording software, you may need to reinstall that software. Also, make sure to at least export the above Key...just in case there's a problem and you need to merge the previous settings. You'll also need to reboot for the above changes to take effect
 
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