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    eMachines E627 DVD RW Driver

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by BigHops323, Mar 31, 2010.

  1. BigHops323

    BigHops323 Notebook Deity

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    Can anyone link me to a driver for the DVD drive in the eMachines E627 laptop? The drive is the Optiarc AD-7585H, it is not listed on Acer/Gateway/eMachines website.

    I am trying to find this because it doesn't recognize any writable media when I am trying to create the recovery discs. Device Manager says that the device is functioning properly but Windows did not load a driver at startup.
     
    BigHops323, Mar 31, 2010
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  2. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    a DVD drive is automatically detected by Windows. It uses a generic drive which is already included in Windows.

    Please try alternative blank DVDs (from another make). When you burn them burn them at a low speed so the recovery image doesn't get correpted.
     
    naton, Mar 31, 2010
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    jimsage85 Newbie

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    had the same problem before but for an external usb drive...seems like most, if not all, cd/dvd drives are already supported on most PC's nowadays..generic is the right key term there
     
    jimsage85, Apr 6, 2010
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