Re: ** DVD / CD-ROM drive disappeared **

OMG THANK YOU. I've spent hrs messing with this problem...and your solution
worked in about 10 seconds (including d/l time and me dbl clicking). If I
wasn't married I'd ask you to marry me .

Thank you thank thank you!!!!!


"Kelly" wrote:

> Save the file below to your hard drive. Navigate to where you saved it and
> double click the file. A confirmation dialog will appear when the script is
> done. You may need to reboot for the change to take effect.
>
> Restore CD/DVD in Explorer
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cd_dvd_fix.vbs
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>
> "Truk Spie" <Truk Spie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F227ACAD-AEE8-411C-AB69-BB9F7313D995@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Kumaran" wrote:
> >
> >> Dear experts,
> >> I'm having Win XP Pro + SP2 in my COMPAQ laptop.
> >>
> >> I have installed SP5 for Visual Studio 6.0, after that DVD drive had
> >> disappeared from the windows explorer. When I checked with "Device
> >> Manager",
> >> it says driver files are corrupt ( Error code: 39 ).
> >>
> >> I tried following methods to fix the problems.
> >>
> >> - I tried "System Restore", but it did not fix the problem.
> >>
> >> - I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, but again says driver files
> >> are
> >> corrupted ( code: 39)
> >>
> >> - I looked at the DVD drive manufacturer's website, it says there is no
> >> special driver available and
> >> the XP OS itself provides it. For the same reason, I could not get the
> >> driver from COMPAQ also.
> >>
> >> - Fortunately, I had complete XP installation files, but unfortunately
> >> when
> >> I attempted for reinstallation,
> >> it quits by saying that I already have a more recent version than the
> >> one
> >> currently being installed.
> >>
> >> How can I fix this problem.
> >> Will reinstalling SP2 solve the problem ?
> >> Is there any standard DVD / CD-ROM driver download available for XP Pro ?
> >>
> >> Experts, kindly help me.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Kumaran
> >>
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