Eeor3 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 My D:\ will not show up in the menu and it has power. Tried:Re-seating the cablesInstalling another driveRunning disk checksNot Tried:Contacting Dell support (because they will just tell me to restore it to an earlier date like they always do)Cleaned the contacts (they dont look as if they need it)Goten anyone else's advice yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Media LLC Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 My D:\ will not show up in the menu and it has power. Tried:Re-seating the cablesInstalling another driveRunning disk checksNot Tried:Contacting Dell support (because they will just tell me to restore it to an earlier date like they always do)Cleaned the contacts (they dont look as if they need it)Goten anyone else's advice yet try this on the my computwr icon right click and go to manage, when that screen pops up click on disk management and see if your drive is on there if it is, you may just need to "turn it on" if not i would suggest contacting dell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeor3 Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 My D:\ will not show up in the menu and it has power. Tried:Re-seating the cablesInstalling another driveRunning disk checksNot Tried:Contacting Dell support (because they will just tell me to restore it to an earlier date like they always do)Cleaned the contacts (they dont look as if they need it)Goten anyone else's advice yet try this on the my computwr icon right click and go to manage, when that screen pops up click on disk management and see if your drive is on there if it is, you may just need to "turn it on" if not i would suggest contacting dell No sorry that's what I meant by "doesn't show up..." (the D: you see "bob" is a flash drive that has assumed the letter)here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical Water Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Make sure that the drivers are working properly, i had the same issue past weeks back but got a new combo drive, well if yes, then your dvd rom needs to be replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfire Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Did you try taking out the removable storage devices maybe then the dvd drive will come back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Did you try taking out the removable storage devices maybe then the dvd drive will come back? ? don't understand your line of thinking there...=X but check your drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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