Mar 27, 2023 · I have a Asus external dvd drive that I cannot access from windows 11: No drive letter is assigned. Device manager shows the DVD, and the "General" properties states the status is "This Device is working Properly" Driver version is 10.0.22621.1, dated 2006-06-21. Tried adding the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi ...

Sep 11, 2024 · Once installed, open VLC, click Media > Open Disc, select your DVD, and click Play. 6. If the DVD player isn't recognized, try another USB port, ensure your operating system is up to date, or restart the laptop and try connecting the DVD player again.

Nov 17, 2015 · Step 2: Uninstall and Reinstall the DVD/CD Drivers. a. Press Windows key + X on the keyboard. b. Click on Device Manager from that list. c. Search for the DVD/CD Drivers from the device list, right click on it and then select Uninstall.

Apr 25, 2014 · To change a drive letter, click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK. Method 2: Install the latest Windows Updates. This method will install the latest device drivers for your USB external DVD drive. Press Windows key + X. Select Control Panel. Click on Windows Update.

Jan 21, 2025 · If possible, use USB 3.0 ports (they provide more power than USB 2.0 ports). 6. Check in Disk Management . Right-click on the Start menu and select Disk Management. See if the DVD drive appears here, and if it does, try assigning the drive letter manually by right-clicking and selecting Change Drive Letter and Path. 7.

Jul 22, 2023 · I have a Lenovo ideapad 3 Slim 3 (15") running Windows 11 with all uppdates and I have just purchased a external USB DVD drive so I can load my Flight Simulator. However, the DVD is not recognised anywhere.

Jan 14, 2017 · I have a HP 2000 laptop.Was Windows 8.1 now 10.I am wanting to put a external usb cd dvd box to it.Now I never messed with these units.I do know I had a printer worked on 8.1 soon as upgrade says no printer driver found.Reinstalled printer stuff and same.Site says have to buy new printer not for 10.I'll just jump right on that.So to me already ...

Aug 22, 2015 · My floppy drive is seen (it is listed in Device Manager), but no drive letter can be assigned. My internal DVD-RW drive was never detected, although my Iomega Zip-100 seems to be in good working order. I have an external DVD-RW drive that worked for a few days then mysteriously disappeared.

Oct 21, 2017 · For us to determine the root cause of your issue, we highly suggest that you try connecting your external DVD drive to USB port 2.0 or 3.0. For us to identify as to where the issue is coming from, we suggest that you try connecting you DVD drive to other computers. Let us know the result of those suggestions. I actually already took this step.

Aug 3, 2018 · Expand CD/DVD Right click your optical drive Click Update driver then follow the on screen instructions. Further troubleshooting steps you can try: 1) Press Windows key + x and select Command Prompt(Admin) 2) Then, at the command prompt type the following ( you can copy and paste) and press "Enter":