DVD Drive disappeared after installing Boot Camp on Windows 8

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DVD Drive disappeared after installing Boot Camp on Windows 8

I am running Mountain Lion and I bootcamped Windows 8... this is a fresh install.

1. I installed Windows 8 and the DVD is still working

2. I installed Bootcamp software via DVD and was asked to reboot

3. I reboot my iMac

4. Now, my friggin DVD doesnt work anymore...

5. I look at My Computer and it's gone.

6. I look at the device manager and it's not there

7. I showed hidden devices and the hl-dt-st dvdrw ga32 is there (disabled of course)

8. i am writing to apple community after a night of searching for a solution in vain.

please help me. i really need my DVD drive

thanks in advance

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2011 iMac 21.5-inch 2.7GHz Stock

Posted on Aug 23, 2012 5:59 PM

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Answer 1

ReMacs

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Aug 24, 2012 2:41 AM in response to FairchildxSpade

1) If you installed W 8 you need to run Bootcamp to update drivers?

2) If you can see device as disabled, right click should have Enable option.

3) Microsoft FixIt - http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/?fi=50195
includes
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/

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Answer 2

Aug 24, 2012 7:12 AM in response to ReMacs

thanks for the response

1. Yeah I thought that's a mandatory thing because i need to be able to control the brightness with my keyboard, updated graphics card, boot camp control panel, etc

2. No there's no enable for this because Windows 8 recognizes it as a "disconnected device" and asks me to reconnect the dvd drive to the machine (which it obviously already is).

3. Ive tried those before, also even editing the registry but it didnt work.

It's weird because it never happened before on Snow Leopard » Lion bootcamp driver updates. Just in Mountain Lion

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2012 6:19 AM in response to FairchildxSpade

Hi, I found this on a Microsoft Tech Site, it worked for me and I hope it helps you

1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI and press cltr+shift+enter

2. Type following and press enter

reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

3. Reboot the system

4. Verify if the problem has been resolved.

Good luck.

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Answer 4

Feb 3, 2013 10:46 AM in response to keithfromchesterfield

Worked a charm! Good find.

OP: Can you mark as answered?

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Answer 5

Csound1

Level 9

59,973 points

Feb 3, 2013 11:04 AM in response to PyrO_PrOfessOr

PyrO_PrOfessOr wrote:

Worked a charm! Good find.

OP: Can you mark as answered?

That will depend on whether this has solved the OP's problem, it is his thread after all.

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Answer 6

Feb 3, 2013 11:26 AM in response to PyrO_PrOfessOr

You are very welcome.

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