Windows 8 can't find my DVD drive

jon2432

My DVD drive will not show up on my laptop. I have tried to apply the fix below, but cannot get into reg.exe. Any ideas how I do it from the cmd prompt.

1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI and press cltr+shift+enter
2. Type following and say enter
reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Cont roller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001
3. Reboot the system
4. Verify if the problem has been resolved.

Every time I try and enter reg.exe it just goes back to the same location etc. To say its frustrating is an understatement.

any help would be appreciated

retiredin2011

Is it not regedit.exe?

jon2432

Could be, I've opened that and navigated to the entry etc. This is missing from the file.
Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001
I wasnt to keen on putting it in until i thought i was doing it right

prowla

I inseerted a DVD into my Windows 8 system's drive, and it told me to "Tap" on the message to choose options.

I think they've taken the tablet metaphor too far (I'm on a desktop PC, and it doesn't have a touch screen to "Tap" on.

Micro$oft can take their stupid Windows 8 GUI and shove it!