(SOLUTION)DVD Drive NOT Showing in Windows 8 CONSUMER PREVIEW!!


You installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview but unfortunately it is not showing your DVD drive. Don't panic. Follow these steps to get your DVD drive back.


1. Run the Command Prompt with administrative privileges (Ctrl+Shift+Enter).
2. Type the following command:
reg.exe add “HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0” /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0×00000001
3. Now restart the system. Hopefully it will start showing.




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Anonymous said...

For anyone in the same boat as me, please visually check the key noted above. In my case the key existed but was mis-named to "Cont roller" with a space. Renamed to remove the space and rebooted, all working fine

Unknown said...

it worked!! TY...
okay in my case reg.exe did not work i used REG ADD
moreover its "/f /v" not "/f/v"... coz of next line i got that wrong! :/

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