I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?

If the removable drive has a low letter that a fixed drive would use, reassign it a
higher letter, then or if not:
In Device Manager right click on the DVD/CD ROM device listed.
In the popup menu click Update Driver.
Click "No, not this time" > "Next".
Click "Install the software automatically" > "Next".
Follow the prompts and reboot if required.

If that fails to resolve the issue:
Boot to Safe Mode > Device Manager.
Remove Any/All devices listed in DVD/CD ROM.
Close out and reboot.
Windows will redetect/reinstall the device(s).

If that fails post back with the results.

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Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
>
>

These messages: Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this
hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)" Using F8 it goes
into a brief start up safe mode but then directly to XP control. Any further
ideas to have hardware device to be found?

"Brian A." wrote:

> If the removable drive has a low letter that a fixed drive would use, reassign it a
> higher letter, then or if not:
> In Device Manager right click on the DVD/CD ROM device listed.
> In the popup menu click Update Driver.
> Click "No, not this time" > "Next".
> Click "Install the software automatically" > "Next".
> Follow the prompts and reboot if required.
>
> If that fails to resolve the issue:
> Boot to Safe Mode > Device Manager.
> Remove Any/All devices listed in DVD/CD ROM.
> Close out and reboot.
> Windows will redetect/reinstall the device(s).
>
> If that fails post back with the results.
>
> --
>
> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
> "Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> > stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> > drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> > with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
> >
> >
>
>

Try the following fix from MS

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461

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"Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
>
>

Thanks Peter, only concerned that this fix is for Vista upgrade and my system
is XP.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> Try the following fix from MS
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> > stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> > drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> > with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
> >
> >
>

CD-ROM access is missing and messages cite error code 31, code 32, code 19, code 39,
or code 41 after you remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q314060

How to manage devices in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283658/en-us

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Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


"Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:47C144AF-2718-4091-BFBF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> These messages: Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this
> hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)" Using F8 it goes
> into a brief start up safe mode but then directly to XP control. Any further
> ideas to have hardware device to be found?
>
> "Brian A." wrote:
>
>> If the removable drive has a low letter that a fixed drive would use, reassign
>> it a
>> higher letter, then or if not:
>> In Device Manager right click on the DVD/CD ROM device listed.
>> In the popup menu click Update Driver.
>> Click "No, not this time" > "Next".
>> Click "Install the software automatically" > "Next".
>> Follow the prompts and reboot if required.
>>
>> If that fails to resolve the issue:
>> Boot to Safe Mode > Device Manager.
>> Remove Any/All devices listed in DVD/CD ROM.
>> Close out and reboot.
>> Windows will redetect/reinstall the device(s).
>>
>> If that fails post back with the results.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
>> Conflicts start where information lacks.
>> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>>
>> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>>
>>
>> "Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
>> > stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
>> > drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
>> > with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

For Code 41 error:

You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive, or you receive an error message after you remove a CD recording program or a DVD recording program in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19, or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/nl

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:47C144AF-2718-4091-BFBF-(E-Mail Removed)...
These messages: Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this
hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)" Using F8 it goes
into a brief start up safe mode but then directly to XP control. Any further
ideas to have hardware device to be found?

"Brian A." wrote:

> If the removable drive has a low letter that a fixed drive would use, reassign it a
> higher letter, then or if not:
> In Device Manager right click on the DVD/CD ROM device listed.
> In the popup menu click Update Driver.
> Click "No, not this time" > "Next".
> Click "Install the software automatically" > "Next".
> Follow the prompts and reboot if required.
>
> If that fails to resolve the issue:
> Boot to Safe Mode > Device Manager.
> Remove Any/All devices listed in DVD/CD ROM.
> Close out and reboot.
> Windows will redetect/reinstall the device(s).
>
> If that fails post back with the results.
>
> --
>
> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
>
> "Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> > stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> > drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> > with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
> >
> >
>
>

Same fix. Upper and Lower Filter issue. Ramesh has posted MS KB's also which has the same fix for XP

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"Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:B50B9EC2-CE37-4E56-B83A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Peter, only concerned that this fix is for Vista upgrade and my system
> is XP.
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> Try the following fix from MS
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Tonder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:5749672E-82BD-4632-BAAF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
>> > stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
>> > drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
>> > with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?
>> >
>> >
>>

=?Utf-8?B?VG9uZGVy?= wrote:
>
> I had earlier inadvertely removed the device letters that showed my portable
> stick. Corrected that, but now see that the CD/DVD player does not have a
> drive showing. At Computer Managment -Device Manager the device displays but
> with a yellow exclamation mark. Ideas?

In the future, ALWAYS PUT your cdroms at high drive letters, this way,
when you add new hardware that requires a new drive letter it will take
a letter after your hard drive(s). Keep your cdrom drives out of the way
of new devices. This can also save you loads of time if you are a game
player that requires the CD to be running while playing.


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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:46d67470$0$98946$(E-Mail Removed)...
> =?Utf-8?B?VG9uZGVy?= wrote:

> In the future, ALWAYS PUT your cdroms at high drive letters, this way,
> when you add new hardware that requires a new drive letter it will take
> a letter after your hard drive(s).


Exactly why do you think it's better for CD drives to have letters after the
hard drives?


> This can also save you loads of time if you are a game
> player that requires the CD to be running while playing.


And why does what letter a drive has save "loads of time," or affect the
speed of anything?

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