ive recently had to do a system recover,ive loaded everything that i wanted
back on and everythings fine except my cd drive has decided to start playing
up and being stubbon,i put the cd in and it lights up on the small window on
the side but doesnt read it,instead it comes back with the message of windows
has loaded the drivers but cant find the hardware device code 40,(something
like that)ive tried device manager and that gives me a yellow icon next to
the drive,ive also tried microsofts mr fixit but that comes back more or less
saying the same thing,someone suggested i do something to the registry but im
alittle unsure of wanting to do that,ive tried a spare plug n play cd drive
as well as i use that on my netbook so i know that works,but that comes back
saying the same thing as above,the drivers work but cant find the hardware
device is this the end????any help

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123

Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key information in
the registry is missing or recorded incorrectly. (Code 40)
Recommended resolution

Information in the registry's service subkey for the driver is invalid.
Reinstall the drivers for this device.

Uninstall and reinstall the driver

Uninstall the driver from Device Manager, and then scan for new hardware to
install the driver again.

You may be prompted to provide the path of the driver. Windows may have the
driver built-in, or may still have the driver files installed from the last
time that you set up the device. However, sometimes, it will open the New
Hardware Wizard which may ask for the driver. If you are asked for the
driver and you do not have it, you can try to download the latest driver
from the hardware vendor’s Web site.
On the device Properties dialog box, click the Driver tab, and then click
Uninstall. Follow the instructions.
Restart your computer.
Open Device Manager, click Action, and then click Scan for hardware changes.
Follow the instructions.





"ninja mouse" <ninja (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A64ACE83-D279-449C-BDC6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ive recently had to do a system recover,ive loaded everything that i
> wanted
> back on and everythings fine except my cd drive has decided to start
> playing
> up and being stubbon,i put the cd in and it lights up on the small window
> on
> the side but doesnt read it,instead it comes back with the message of
> windows
> has loaded the drivers but cant find the hardware device code
> 40,(something
> like that)ive tried device manager and that gives me a yellow icon next to
> the drive,ive also tried microsofts mr fixit but that comes back more or
> less
> saying the same thing,someone suggested i do something to the registry but
> im
> alittle unsure of wanting to do that,ive tried a spare plug n play cd
> drive
> as well as i use that on my netbook so i know that works,but that comes
> back
> saying the same thing as above,the drivers work but cant find the hardware
> device is this the end????any help