Solved! Dell Insprion 1545 DVD Drive Disapears

[shmcphrsn]

Hello,
I have a Dell Insprion 1545 and the DVD drive shows up when i start the computer but then it Disappears and I just recently upgraded to Win7 home pre 32bit... Any help as to why this happens?

 

[The_Prophecy]

If you tell Windows to detect any new hardware from the device manager, does the drive re-appear? Have you checked the cable to the DVD drive inside the system? It may have come loose...

 

[shmcphrsn]

I've tried to detect it using Windows and it sometimes re-appears but then again it does it all on it's own every now and then and no I haven't opened it up to see if the cable is loose... maybe I'll try doing that next, will let you know what happens...