Windows Error Code 19 - CD / DVD Drives are gone.
I am having a Dell system. The model of system that I have is Dell 2400 something. There is a problem with the CD/DVD here. It is not appearing in My Computer. I am trying to copy some audio files. But somehow it fails to work. It is not working properly. The CD just did not open. The CD/DVD drive icon is just not visible in My Computer. I am not able to understand the problem here. I had just used the same last week and it worked fine. There was no issue at all.
Re: Windows Error Code 19 - CD / DVD Drives are gone.
If things are not resolved by shuffling the cable then there is one more thing you can try. Just right click on My Computer and click on Properties. In that go in Hardware and click on Device Manager. Inside Device Manager just check whether the optical drive is listed or not. If not then hit is a hardware failure. But if listed you can just right click on that and choose update drivers. That's all. It will be enough to fix the problem you are facing. Just the drivers and then check back.
Re: Windows Error Code 19 - CD / DVD Drives are gone.
I didn't fully understand what was going on, but I fired up regedit and did a search for "UpperFilters". There was only one entry and that related to the keyboard.
I did the same for "LowerFilters" and got one entry which related to CDROM/DVDROM. I deleted it, uninstalled both CDROM/DVDROMs in the Hardware Manager and rebooted. Tada, I've got back both my CDROM/DVDROMs which were the subjects of the Code 19.
It seems strange that a single Registry entry can disable both CD/DVDROMs and that MS does not know the answer. My thanks to all those who suggested the Lower/UpperFilters solution.