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How to make empty ODD show? Registry edit?
why?
in the file options I have unchecked "hide empty drives" to no effect on windows 8.1
this looks like a MS error
I see elsewhere that creative types have a registry hack to force it out of the closet
what is the recommended way here? brink? anyone?
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- OS
- Win 8.1, Win 10P, Win7-all, RIP XPP, 'droid 2.2, 2.3,4.x, 5..IOS,
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- many: E5440, 430 G1, E45, G4-1117DX, X120E, DC7600, X83VB-X2, NC10, Droids, Galaxy,
- CPU
- too many
- Motherboard
- ditto
- Memory
- ditto
- Graphics Card(s)
- ditto
- Internet Speed
- 30mbps
slightly off center
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Unchecking "hide empty drives" works for me in Windows 8.1. If the drive is unformatted and does not have a drive letter it won't show though.
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- OS
- Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
- Memory
- 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
- Sound Card
- VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
- PSU
- Thermaltake TR 620
- Case
- Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Cooling
- Stock heatsink fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
- Internet Speed
- 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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- OS
- Win 8.1, Win 10P, Win7-all, RIP XPP, 'droid 2.2, 2.3,4.x, 5..IOS,
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- many: E5440, 430 G1, E45, G4-1117DX, X120E, DC7600, X83VB-X2, NC10, Droids, Galaxy,
- CPU
- too many
- Motherboard
- ditto
- Memory
- ditto
- Graphics Card(s)
- ditto
- Internet Speed
- 30mbps
Try this...
1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. (Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI (Start) and press ctrl+shift+enter)
2. Type the following and press Enter
reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001
3.Reboot
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD FX-8320
- Motherboard
- ASROCK 990FX Extreme3
- Memory
- 8GB 1600Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD HD-7950
- Browser
- Firefox / Chrome
- Antivirus
- Nope.
slightly off center
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OK, optical drive. At first glace I thought you made a typo. Any way my empty DVD drive shows up in My PC, its an external USB DVD burner.
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- OS
- Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
- Memory
- 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
- Sound Card
- VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
- PSU
- Thermaltake TR 620
- Case
- Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Cooling
- Stock heatsink fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
- Internet Speed
- 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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Does it show up in Device Manager ?
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home made
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen7 2700x
- Motherboard
- Asus Prime x470 Pro
- Memory
- 16GB Kingston 3600
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 960 evo 250GB
Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
WD 1 TB Blue
WD 2 TB Blue
Bunch of backup HDDs.
- PSU
- Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
- Case
- Raidmax
- Cooling
- CCM Nepton 140xl
- Internet Speed
- 40/2 Mbps
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- WD
