Hi all,

This windows 8 tutorial is for those users whose DVD drive can not be recognized in windows 8. If you have such a issue, try the steps as below.

1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI and press cltr+shift+enter

2. Type following and say enter

reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Cont roller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

3. Reboot the system

4. Verify if the problem has been resolved.

Original thread:Windows 8 Consumer Preview cant recognize Bluray Drive

Another thing that might help is to disable Upper and Lower filters in the registry:

Copy the following code into Notepad and save as a .reg file

Start Copy/Paste here:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"LowerFilters"=-
"UpperFilters"=-

End Copy/Paste at last line:

Choose save as: TakeOutFilters.reg