dvd drive not showing up in device manager

If I then go to Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management, I get Drive (E) but no Samsung Reader.ĭoes anyone have ideas, diagnosis, comments, solutions? Preferably, solutions that don't involve me messing with the Registry.

On checking whether the Samsung reader is actually not broken and has the correct drivers installed, all tests passed. If I go to Control Panel>Device Manager>Disk Drives, both the Samsung and the USB are listed, so the computer must be aware of the Samsung device? On checking under the tabs in each case, all seems normal. I plugged in a USB as Drive (E) to compare and contrast. The main problem seems to be that the computer isn't recognising or listing the Samsung reader as drive (D), which is what it used to be. However, in my case, I seem to have the (new) Windows DVD player - but this doesn't work either.

I've read about Microsoft dropping Windows Media. All (mostly) OK, except for the CD/DVD reader, which doesn't work. I recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I have an Asus desk-top with an internal CD/DVD reader from Samsung. If that is inappropriate, or if there are no replies, I'll post a new thread. I'm jumping into this thread, as I seem to have a similar experience.

Dvd drive not showing up in device manager