Help with laptop DVD drive

[Lone_Star_Lynch]

My DVD drive isn't detected but receives power. IMG software like Daemon Tools and Magic ISO don't work either. Toshiba satellite A205-S5843, I don't remember what my DVD drive model is exactly but it doesn't matter since I tried downloading software for it a while back only to get a message that says DRIVE NOT DETECTED. My bios is skimpy and doesn't let me look at or change anything.

EDIT: The dvd drive is the TSST TS-L632 if that even matters

 

[leSLIe]

to see if it´s a windows problem or not, simple try booting up from the DVD drive, any OS disc would do. if it boots then your drive works and you´ll have to reinstall windows, if it doesn´t, then you have a faulty drive in need of replace