my cdrom is installed but in device manager it says
windows could not start device because driver is corrupt
or missing
so i uninstall and reinstall, same problem, and all
correct drivers are listed

This happened to me last week and fortunately, I had mad a ghost copy of my
hard drive a few weeks earlier.

I just opend Ghost and reinstalled the ghost image and the drives showed up.

If you don't have Ghost, I suggest you buy it and make an image next time
you do a "clean install" of your operating system.

I know this is not a solution to your immediate problem, only a solution to
your next one!

Good Luck!


"kellichinggala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:199b801c41c91$63fb0f50$(E-Mail Removed)...
> my cdrom is installed but in device manager it says
> windows could not start device because driver is corrupt
> or missing
> so i uninstall and reinstall, same problem, and all
> correct drivers are listed

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

"kellichinggala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:199b801c41c91$63fb0f50$(E-Mail Removed)...
> my cdrom is installed but in device manager it says
> windows could not start device because driver is corrupt
> or missing
> so i uninstall and reinstall, same problem, and all
> correct drivers are listed