I know that the drive is connected properly since I have Ubuntu installed along side Windows 7 and the drive works within Windows. I do not see it in the media folder as specified in other answers. When executing the following script within the terminal here are my finds. Please advise.
jamie@OptiPlex-790:~$ sudo lshw -C disk
[sudo] password for jamie:
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SAMSUNG SSD PM83
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: CXM0
serial: S0TYNZABC63105
size: 119GiB (128GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=b2e138ff
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD+-RW GH70N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: A101
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
jamie@OptiPlex-790:~$
/media
directory