I seem to have lost my CD-ROM (D) and DVD (E) drives from My Computer. Device
status in Device manager has the following message.

Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot
find the hardware device (Code 41).
Can anybody help please
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gn

Goto http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems
See the second "problem" (read the caveats)
Run the provided registry patch

That should fix your problem (basically, a filter driver is missing or
non-operational, the registry patch will delete the filter drivers
references for your cdrom(s))


Basically, the reg file from above carries out the steps displayed at this
website


CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320553

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/default...b;en-us;314060


(It'll fix code 41 errors too as per the contents of the last kb article)




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Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"geoffnut" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I seem to have lost my CD-ROM (D) and DVD (E) drives from My Computer.
>Device
> status in Device manager has the following message.
>
> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot
> find the hardware device (Code 41).
> Can anybody help please
> --
> gn

> I seem to have lost my CD-ROM (D) and DVD (E) drives from My Computer. Device
> status in Device manager has the following message.
>
> Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

> Can anybody help please
> --
>victor