CD/DVD-ROM drive gone!?

Question Posted Wednesday January 7 2009, 2:11 pm

Earlier on today, I was deleting and transferring some stuff on my laptop to my exHD.
Later on I put a CD in the laptop and now a message pops up and says ''No CD/DVD-ROM drive found''
I don't know how or why, but now my cd drive is gone. It was there before I started to transfer the things.
Is there any way to get it back?
I really need help with this!!

Thank you so much in advance!

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Additional info, added Wednesday January 7 2009, 2:24 pm:
It is shown in Device Manager.
So it says this (I'm assuming it's the name of the drive)
''HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T10N''
But there's an exclamation mark in a yellow circle on the image on the drive with cd.
I hope this makes sense.

I'm really stuck in this situation..
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theymos answered Wednesday January 7 2009, 6:33 pm:
Delete the drive in device manager and restart. This will make Windows autodetect it again; choose "check online for drivers". If the driver autodetection fails, follow this procedure:
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fleebailey33 answered Wednesday January 7 2009, 3:06 pm:
It makes sense. That means the driving is missing.
I would restart and before windows starts up quickly hit "f8" and then select the option for last good configuration. also if that doesn't work you could possible good for the driver. type in "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T10N driver" or something like that. or depending who makes the computer it would be on there site.

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