OK. Here's a good one...
Relevant specs:
Windows XP home ed. SP 2.
Sony CD RW crx160e
Sony DVD Rom DDU1621
MSI KT4V MoBo w/ current BIOS
Here it is in a nutshell:
Every time I restart the machine, I get the Device
Installer Error "Windows could not load the installer
for . Contact your hardware vendor for assistance". Note
this is an exact quote. (twice, once for each optical
drive)
It then asks me if I want to search for drivers for the
CD Rom drives. (twice). If I allow it to search, of
course it finds nothing.
I've tried everything, and I'm at my rope's end.
I've changed both of the Secondary IDE Channel Properties
to PIO only, for 0 and 1. Rebooted, same result.
When I click on "troubleshoot" in the properties for
either drive, it goes back to the Device Installer Error,
and no further.
If I try to uninstall the driver, it says "Failure to
uninstall the device, the device may be needed to start
the computer".
Funny thing is: Both drives work fine. The DVD drive,
plays DVD's. The CD R/W reads / writes just fine.
However, this is a very cumbersome issue, and I could
certainly use the advice. I've been tinkering with it for
months, and to no avail...
Thanks
Skot
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