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Need Acer DVD/CD RW Model DH-16W1P Drivers

For some reason Acer made the drive but do not have the drivers. I tried to get a copy of the recovery disk unsuccessful. Can someone point me in the right direction

  • Anonymous Nov 21, 2011

    i loss softwae of dvd/cd rewritable drive,the model:dh-16w1p can you help me reinstall the driver?

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Your question is listed under the Aspire T180 category heading. If this is the correct model number of your pc, you can re-install your DVD/CD drive by following the instruction listed below from the Acer website.

Follow the steps below to reinstall an optical drive:

  1. Click on Start and then Control Panel.
  2. Click on the button in the upper left hand corner labeled "Switch to Classic View"
  3. Double Click on System
  4. In System, click on the Hardware Tab.
  5. In the Hardware Tab, click on Device Manager.
  6. In the Device Manager, double click on "DVD/CD-ROM Drives"
  7. Double click on what appears below "DVD/CD-ROM Drives".
  8. In the Device Properties box, click on the Driver Tab
  9. In the Driver Tab, click on Uninstall Driver
  10. Shutdown and restart the computer.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireE360/AspireE360faq48.shtml You will see the Aspire T180 listed if you click on the "Show Part Numbers" link directly below Frequently Asked Questions.

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Go to http://www.driverguide.com/ you may be able to find and download the driver you need and the instructions on how to install it.

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