Missing DVD!!!

Gareth56

Since changing my Gateway laptop from Vista to Windows 7 my laptop no longer "sees" the DVD drive!! Does anyone know what to do to "get it back"?

Also is it possible to scrap Windows 7 and put Vista back onto the laptop if I really don't like Windows 7?

Thanks

cooltt

yes you can go back to vista with the restore disk that came with your laptop.
2 reasons for not seeing drive...1. No driver installed with windows 7, 2. drive is disabled in BIOS, this sometimes happens when upgrading. go into BIOS and make sure it's enabled. Also i doubt gateway have an updated driver for W7 this quick.

Gareth56

How do you change the settings in the BIOS?

esuhl

If the above doesn't help, the DVD drive might just not have a drive letter assigned to it - it's there, but you can't see it in Windows Explorer. You should be able to assign a drive letter using the Computer Management Console: http://www.windows7update.com/Windows7-Computer-Management.html

Gareth56 wrote: »

How do you change the settings in the BIOS?

You can usually access the BIOS settings by pressing a key almost as soon as the PC boots (before Windows starts). You may (or may not) see something like "Press DEL for SETUP". If it's not the DEL key, it's likely to be a function key F1 to F12. You should see an option to change the boot device order. Be careful you don't change any other settings, though!

gaz_jones

My guess would be the driver need installing. You will be able to find it online.

Checking in the BIOS would be my second guess.

aliEnRIK

I doubt youll get it working with windows 7

esuhl

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I doubt youll get it working with windows 7

Really? I've never needed to install drivers for optical drives, and I thought Vista and Windows 7 are (more or less) compatible - if the drive can be seen in Vista it should in Win7.

custardy

anytime ive struggled for W7 drivers the vista one has worked
so far i have put it on 2 laptops and 5 PC's with little trouble
well bar the one im doing now where W7 wouldnt let me format/partition

aliEnRIK

esuhl wrote: »

Really? I've never needed to install drivers for optical drives, and I thought Vista and Windows 7 are (more or less) compatible - if the drive can be seen in Vista it should in Win7.

try it with the vista driver

if that doesnt work your probably snookered