I'm moderately experienced in Linux, but I'm having a bizarre but
completely reproducible problem. I have installed openSUSE 10.1 and
Windows XP Pro on a Clevo M570U laptop – several times. And every time
that I do, the Philips DVD Burner becomes invisible to Windows. - not
appearing in the Explorer list, the system hardware list in device
manager, etc. It's as though it's been physically removed from the computer.
I have twice installed Windows then SUSE, and the DVD is OK until SUSE
is installed. I once reinstalled Windows afterwards, and the DVD was OK
until I booted into the SUSE install and re-installed GRUB.