Thread: Why does the DVD/CD-rom drive disappears from my laptop?

It wasn't working for like a month, and the CD drive icon in "Computer" wasn't there. Then last night when I clicked on "Computer", the DVD/CD-rom drive icon WAS there, so I popped in a DVD and it worked just fine. But then today, I wanted to burn a CD and it wasn't working again. Any ideas as to why this is happening? Suggestions? It's just weird that it didn't work for all those weeks, and then randomly out of no where it works for 1 day, and it goes right back to not working. So I need help. Thanks.

@ PteHelm: It's 2 years old. It's a Compaq V6700.

how old is the laptop? because i used to have a laptop where the optical drive was designed to be removed so you could install a floppy drive or whatever else in its place (went in and out like a PCMIA card, only bigger) i was constantly having connection problems, check it out, otherwise there are countless possibilities software and hardware