don't know if this helps, but we bought a new computer and had trouble with
the computer recognising the cd dvd drive. Have you tried clicking or not
clicking on enable and disable digital for the drive in device manager. It
worked for us. No one can explain why. It's not supposed to affect it, but it
does. We also had subsequent other problems and had to format, so whether we
had a bug from day 1 who knows. Hope it helps

"Chas" wrote:

>
> "Xx Ice xX" <XxIcexX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3CBA6A06-E413-4098-A09A-B4303F146906@microsoft.com...
> > Ive got a '_NEC DVD_RW ND2500A' (As seen in device driver list). If i
> > disable
> > this and restart, the computer recognises the drive and automaticaly
> > installs
> > drivers on reboot as per usual. However, the Drive is not listed under My
> > Computer, and the error under the device driver is:
> >
> > Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot
> > find the hardware device. (Code 41)
> >
> > I have installed another Drive in this same slot with the same IDE cable
> > and
> > it has the same problem. The computer is well maintained with virus
> > protection and no apparent settings have been changed but, it could be a
> > virus - can a virus do this? The device driver is updated but still no
> > change.
> >
> > Anybody who has any idea as to whats going on, I would greatly appreciate
> > any feedback from you.
> > Thanks everyone
> > Ice
>
> Hi
> Is the drive showing in Bios correctly?
> Have you thought about changing the IDE ribbon?
> Make sure the jumpers on the Drive are set in the right position
>
> Chas
> Happy New Year
>
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