Why is my DVD drive not working on Windows 10?

Tips to Repair DVD / CD-ROM Drives Not Showing Up in Device Manager

If you don’t see your DVD / CD-ROM drive in Device Manager error, this user guide is here to help.

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One of the reasons you are unable to view DVD / CD-ROMs on your Windows 10 host PC might be a faulty procedural driver. You can reinstall the drivers so they can fix the problem. Here’s how it works: 1) Press the Windows logo and R at the same time on your keyboard, click “Device Manager”. 2) Find the IDE ATA / ATAPIATA Packet Interface ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) is a special protocol applied to Parallel ATA and Serial ATA that allows more devices to communicate with the computer than ATA Helpers. ATA was originally designed only for hard drives and peripherals and worked so well that it could mimic the controllers from them.en.wikipedia.org.

Try to fix it manually if new patch 314060 doesn’t work
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/cd_drive_error_code_39.shtml

Use DevManView to identify CDs / DVDs in the registry (be careful and create a restore point that will change before changing anything) – find the device in DevManView, then click itwith the right mouse button. Open in RegEdit.

Rob Brown MS – MVP – Windows Desktop Experience: Bicycle – Mark Twain got it right.

Step 1. Please follow all the steps listed below, even if you have already done some of them before, as often the whole process will fix the problem.

Try this guide – Control Panel – Device Manager – CD / DVD – double click the device – Driver tab – click Update driver (it won’t do anything) – then right click the appropriate drive – UNINSTALL – RESTART, this is almost certainly an update to the standard driver stack …Even if you see “Don’t go,” continue below.

Then follow your procedure – keep in mind that the drive may be faulty, have a loose wire, slight corrosion on the pins (usually a laptop), and other problems.

Your CD or DVD drive is missing and may not be recognized by Windows programs
http: // support other.microsoft.com/kb/314060 – M. Fixit

Your CD or DVD drive is missing or permanently recognized by Windows or other programs – Mr. Fixit
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

Computer driveA CTD or possibly a DVD drive does not work as it does on a computer that you have successfully upgraded to Windows Vista.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461

If you insert a CD or even a DVD, Windows Vista may not find the drive
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939052