Drive in the computer, it is also an optical drive for disks, is currently completing not in each laptop and computer, since the discs are considered partially outdated. If you need to insert a disk into your device, then, first of all, find out if there is an optical drive in it at all. Many people to the last think that they have a drive and are trying to open it in vain. After that, you can already begin to apply all the methods from this article: system and mechanical. One of them will definitely help you, most importantly, start with systemic to once again not touch the components and do not lead them to breakage.
How to find out if you have a drive
If you have not yet enjoyed the optical drive on your computer, it may also be that it is not at all. The thing is that manufacturers put a special plug to the place where the drive in the models with its absence should be. Looks like a plug exactly like a cover from the drive. Pay attention to it immediately when buying a laptop or computer.
- To check the availability of a drive, it is enough to go to the Device Manager. Open the Start pane, and then enter the control panel.
- Here, click on the "Equipment and Sound" section, highlighted in green.
- Click on "Device Manager" in "Devices and Printers". If there is a blue-yellow shield near him, it means that you can enter the dispatcher only with an administrative account. Enter it, if you have not done this before.
- As soon as the device manager opens, look in it the "Disk Devices" string. You can open it by clicking on the small triangle nearby. If there is any device in this tab, the optical drive on your computer is. If you have not found anything in it, then most likely you do not have a drive.
How to open a drive inside the system
Open an optical drive inside the system in one way:
- Go to your computer.
- Find the DVD RW drive icon.
- Click on it right-click.
- Click on "Extract".
After a few seconds, the drive itself will open. You can use this method when the button in the drive does not work for any reason. Or, when the system unit is far away and you do not want to go to it.
It happens that the drive does not open even after that. Most likely, it is busy in any intrasystem. Open the running application manager and see if there is a drive there.
Press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc key at the same time.
Immediately the Task Manager will open. In it, select the Process tab. Look, there is a process in this list with the name of your drive. Cancel it.
Now the discovery of the drive should be affordable.
How to open a drive mechanical
The easiest way is to click on the button on the cover of the drive. Such a button is equipped with almost all optical drives. It can be both noticeable and convex and flat, almost nondescript. There are such models of drives that need to be pressed throughout the surface with your fingers so that the drive opened.
If all attempts to open the drive are vain, then it is better to resort to emergency disclosure. On fixed computers, all drives are equipped with a small hole in which a thick needle can enter. You need to find a suitable thin object and insert it into the hole. Immediately the drive will open, despite all the blocking of the system. Such a hole is usually located in the upper corner of the optical drive directly on the lid.
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The drive still does not open, there is no drive in disk devices, in the processes (task manager). There are no DVDs in "My computer", it does not work mechanically to open either, there is simply no hole. If you come across such, please help.
Buy a separate drive, Ksenia