NathanP2007
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So SATA ports 7 & 6 on my Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard have both my DVD and Bluray player/burner plugged in them. All of a sudden they stopped showing up in "My Computer". I seem to remember them having been there as recently as a few weeks ago...the only thing i have done to my PC since then is take out my GPU's (i sold them).
As far troubleshooting that I have already done; i have unplugged the SATA cables that are connected to the Optical Drives and plugged them into a different SATA port on my Mobo, they showed up in "My Computer". I then tried to plug something besides the Optical Drives into port 7 & 6 (a SSD that's always plugged into a different port and always shows up in "My Computer") and it doesn't show up.
Is the only option i'm left with just dealing with it or clean installing Windows?
(If so I imagine i will just wait, i plan on going through the hassle of clean installing Windows once Windows 10 comes out. I originally installed Windows on my SSD but then installed programs on a HDD, so now when you wipe the SSD and re-install Windows none of the programs on the HDD are connected to Windows OS anymore. Now I own a bigger SSD which i will install Windows 10 on along with my programs.)
As far troubleshooting that I have already done; i have unplugged the SATA cables that are connected to the Optical Drives and plugged them into a different SATA port on my Mobo, they showed up in "My Computer". I then tried to plug something besides the Optical Drives into port 7 & 6 (a SSD that's always plugged into a different port and always shows up in "My Computer") and it doesn't show up.
Is the only option i'm left with just dealing with it or clean installing Windows?
(If so I imagine i will just wait, i plan on going through the hassle of clean installing Windows once Windows 10 comes out. I originally installed Windows on my SSD but then installed programs on a HDD, so now when you wipe the SSD and re-install Windows none of the programs on the HDD are connected to Windows OS anymore. Now I own a bigger SSD which i will install Windows 10 on along with my programs.)