Optical drives: are they even worth it anymore?

Hey everyone, so I was deep-cleaning my PC today and now I’m running into a bit of a headache. In Device Manager, I'm getting this error: macOS can't start this device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19). Everything is plugged in perfectly and looks solid, so I'm totally stumped on how to fix this. Any ideas? Thanks!

Try shutting down your computer, unplugging the cable from the optical drive, and then plugging it back in. Once you fire the PC back up, see if that actually fixed things.