Windows 7 - My DVD/CDROM not working after update

Hello, After the latest update my dvd drive, which is an hl-dt-st-dvdram gt32n is not showing in windows explorer. I cannot burn anything. Windows explorer hangs repeatedly and I can't do a clean shutdown at all. I went to device manager and it told me that Windows did not start a related device driver. I tried to update the driver but the scan is still running after 2 hours. I'm running window 7 x64 home premium with 4GB of memory. The computer is an asus k52f core i3. Any help would be appreciated. Is this this e the correct forum?

In device manager, try and do a roll back to install your old driver. Unless you need to have the latest update.

Try this:
Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
Your CD or DVD drive can't read or write media
The CD drive or the DVD drive does not work as expected on a computer that you upgraded to Windows Vista

Thank you for your suggestions. I will post again when I've tried them.

The suggestions worked. I used regedit to change the drive type then rebooted. Thank y

You are welcome.