ITsVISTA
Information that makes life easier when it comes to installing, managing, and using Windows Vista.
Start About FAQ Blogroll Shop

ITsVISTA KB-Link: KB949634

The optical disk drive on a ThinkPad X300 computer that is running Windows Vista is not recognized after you perform a suspend-and-resume cycle or a hibernate-and-wake cycle on the computer

Consider the following scenario:

  • On a ThinkPad X300 computer that is running Windows Vista, you enable the Disable optical drive option on the Power Management tab.
  • You perform a suspend-and-resume cycle or a hibernate-and-wake cycle on the computer.

In this scenario, the computer’s optical disk drive is intermittently not displayed in My Computer or in Device Manager.

There is a download that resolves this issue. See Hotfixes for details.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB949634.

Get notified of new posts for FREE via RSS or E-mail

Subscribe to ITsVISTA!

Comments

  • There are no comments yet...Come on, share your thoughts!

Leave a Comment