CD/DVD not recognized unless disc inserted before boot

**stephengca** · 11-02-2012

Greetings, I hope that this thread is acceptable in this forum. After upgrading to Windows 8 my CD/DVD unit (a Samsung - TSST corp CDDVDW Sh-S223L) will not be recognized unless a disc is inserted before boot. Then disc can be removed and new one inserted later.
Any assistance appreciated. Stephen

**davehc** · 11-03-2012

But, if you continue a normal boot, without a disk in place, and, after start up, insert a disk, does it then show? If so, then that is a normal function of Windows 8. It does not load items on start up, unless needed. This also applies to services which only have "on demand" use. It is on of the ways that MS have achieved the improvement in start up time.

**Saltgrass** · 11-03-2012

Don't know how old the unit is, but in Windows 7 I once had to update the firmware for a DVD drive to get it to work correctly.

**stephengca** · 11-03-2012

Thanks David. Unfortunately if a disc is not in the drive at boot it will not be recognized when inserted after boot.

**stephengca** · 11-03-2012

Thanks Saltgrass. Firmware has been upgraded. I might add that it works fine in Windows 7 and I have not been able to find a new driver for Windows 8 from either Samsung or TSST corp.

**stephengca** · 11-03-2012

Thank you All. Problem solved, referred to How to show up DVD/CD ROM in windows 8 if not detected ~ Full Windows 8 Tutorials and suggested registry edit worked. Appreciated, Stephen.

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