To get into the BIOS, it's usually either DEL or F2 on startup. If nothing
is showing in the BIOS, then either the optical drive is not powered up, the
ribbon/sata cable has come out or it has died and gone to optical drive
heaven. If you are nervous about the BIOS, check the cables first.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
[url]http://www.coribright.com/windows[/url]


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> I had the exact same problem! I tried the upperfilters thing, but it's
> not there. It's like my CD/DVD drive has disappeared! When I plug in a
> USB external drive, it's fine, but the internal drive will NOT be
> recognized. I don't know how to monkey with the bios. hm.
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