deleted DVD/CD bits in error

cistolic

OMG trying tounderstand how to get a memory stick to work which didnt I saw +clicked something that said remove hardware safely which I did. Ive just removed my DVD/CD bits. OOps OMG what have I done. Know I have Vista but not the version. no cd to reinstall cos bought puter 18 months ago 2nd hand. HELP please

cistolic

Also tried to find system restore and puter doesnt seem to have one, cant find it.

R0bert_Sterling

Restart the PC..

busenbust

Love the avatar

cistolic

R0bert sterling, TYTY how did you do that. My head been done in, BP racing. thought me lappy had had it cos too much £ , no techy brain cant sort. Your adopted Nanna Loves You.

cistolic

OMG yes Im stupid but thank yo so much.

cistolic

Paul_R wrote: »

Is that tech speak for "Turn it off and on again"?

As a precaution, you should create the restore DVD's set soon to avoid embarassing scenes and worry in the future. There should be a program on the PC to do this, with luck. Type in your PC model into Google with "restore DVD" and it might help.

I am so grateful peeps but lost wi even creating restore on me lappy?! can do on PC Emachine but Lappy totally lost cant find sys restore

cistolic

So embarassed. but grateful from you peeps restarted my puter as advised and I hadnt done any damage . Thank you. OMG learning all the time. but got memory stik, put it in slot want to save to it ? cant? help again

cistolic

Gonna give a hug big big try instructions xxx but not holding out much hope. tx hun so hard

NiVZ

Hello,

From what you've posted, I'm assuming you have a laptop as this is perfectly normal behaviour for a 'removable' DVD/CD drive.

Some laptops have what are called 'removable' DVD/CD drives which allow them to be physically unplugged and replaced with eg a floppy drive or extra battery.

Only laptops have these kind of drives (well I work in IT and have never seen a desktop with one).

This means they show up in the list of 'removable' devices along with the USB drives and it can be very easy to click to unplug them by mistake. A simple re-boot as fixes the problem (as you were advised above) or there is a special switch usually beside the drive that makes the whole drive pop out (not just the disc tray) and then you can just push it back in (this saves time on re-booting).

Hope that helps,

NiVZ