DVD-ROMs gone missing

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Calamarth

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After waiting for the longest of times, I finally received UT3 yesterday, but when I was going to install it, I suddenly found out that neither of my 2 DVD writers were working - they wouldn't show under "My Computer".
I checked out the problem, and found out that the drivers were either "damaged, or missing" according to Vista.

Now, I'm wondering whether the problem lies with the total blackout we had during the morning of yesterday in our town, or Vista 64-bit. My bad experience with the latter suggests that it is Vista, but both of the DVD writers had been working perfectly fine up until yesterday. Anyone got any ideas?
 
Can you try them in another system? Do the LED's on the bezel of the drives light up when you power the system on?
 
Yes, the LEDs on the bezels light up when I turn my computer on, and Vista recognizes that the DVD writers are there, but it will not approve of the drivers, which is kinda odd since I'm only using Vista built-in drivers in the first place.

It'll take some time before I can try them in a different system, but of course I'll try to make it happen asap.
 
Honestly, I don't know. Or rather, I don't know where to look to see if it is. ;) I'm guessing control panel --> "device manager" (I honestly don't know if that's the correct name for it, as my OS is in Norwegian, so I'm translating on the go here)? If so, then it doesn't mention any numbered-errors.
 
You have the name exactly right. :) In the properties for said device.

I'm wondering if it would hurt to try the steps given in the article, but I don't know enough to know if it's a bad thing or not. :p
 
Well the article does seem to describe my problem pretty accurate, but I'm also "worried" due to it being for XP. Will it have the same effect for Vista?
 
Yeah, I've used it on my Vista machine with no problems, as have at least one other person here (there was another thread about it recently).
 
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