If your CD/DVD/BD drive is not working, and its status is listed as “Code 41″ in device manager, there is a good chance a simple registry edit can fix the issue. Here is what you need to do:
Manual fix:
- Go to your Start menu and click “Run…”
- In the Run box that opens, type “regedit” and press Enter.
- In the new window that opens, navigate the tree in the left pane until you are at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} - In the right pane of the window, you should see an “UpperFilters” key.
- Right-click the “UpperFilters” key an select “Delete”. Respond “Yes” to the confirmation prompt.
- You should also see a “LowerFilters” key in the right pane.
- Delete the “LowerFilters” key.
- Restart your computer.
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