http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320553
"CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP"
(applies to other causes than installing XP)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...cd_dvd_fix.htm
or search Google Groups. You may get a few (thousand) hits.
Bob Knowlden
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"Kent" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Back when I first installed my HP cd-writer cd-rw it came
> with some software that turned out to not be compatible
> with XP. Even after removing it I always got a dialog
> when starting up saying a driver was being disabled.
>
> A while back I thought I had tracked it down so I renamed
> a file. Sure enough the dialog quite coming up, but
> apparently I haven't used my CD since, until now when I
> noticed it isn't listed in Explorer any more.
>
> When I go to Control Panel >> System and look at the
> drivers it has a yellow "!" next to it. I have tried
> uninstalling it and reinstalling etc, but it always says
> it can't find a more up to date driver. But then when it
> is loaded again I get the yellow "!" and it says the
> driver is missing or corrupt?
>
> I can''t find the original file that I renamed, and I
> can't find any drivers on HP's site.
>
> At this point I have no idea how to get it working again.
> Any help appriciated.
