You right clicked on it, uninstalled, then rebooted? Have you tried this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320553

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Nathan McNulty


Wislon wrote:
> My D Drive (CD/RW) has gone from 'My Computer'. Power is there but it won't
> read. Device Manager shows the drive with a yellow exclamation mark.
>
> Properties says 'Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
> The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)'. I have tried uninstalling
> and re-installing, even changing the CD-RW but still nogo.
>
> Microsoft Error 39 states 'Reasons for this error include a driver that is
> not present; a binary file that is corrupt; a file I/O problem, or a driver
> that references an entry point in another binary file that could not be
> loaded.'
>
> What next ???

Thanks Nathan,

Crossed all my fingers, altered the registry as per the link below and got
my drive back. Not sure what caused the problem as I hadn't reloaded XP and I
added SP2 after the problem occurred. Now got 2 CD-RW's. I'll know where to
come next time.

"Nathan McNulty" wrote:

> You right clicked on it, uninstalled, then rebooted? Have you tried this:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320553
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> Wislon wrote:
> > My D Drive (CD/RW) has gone from 'My Computer'. Power is there but it won't
> > read. Device Manager shows the drive with a yellow exclamation mark.
> >
> > Properties says 'Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
> > The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)'. I have tried uninstalling
> > and re-installing, even changing the CD-RW but still nogo.
> >
> > Microsoft Error 39 states 'Reasons for this error include a driver that is
> > not present; a binary file that is corrupt; a file I/O problem, or a driver
> > that references an entry point in another binary file that could not be
> > loaded.'
> >
> > What next ???
>

Glad to hear we got it fixed

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Nathan McNulty


Wislon wrote:
> Thanks Nathan,
>
> Crossed all my fingers, altered the registry as per the link below and got
> my drive back. Not sure what caused the problem as I hadn't reloaded XP and I
> added SP2 after the problem occurred. Now got 2 CD-RW's. I'll know where to
> come next time.
>
> "Nathan McNulty" wrote:
>
>
>>You right clicked on it, uninstalled, then rebooted? Have you tried this:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;320553
>>
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>Wislon wrote:
>>
>>>My D Drive (CD/RW) has gone from 'My Computer'. Power is there but it won't
>>>read. Device Manager shows the drive with a yellow exclamation mark.
>>>
>>>Properties says 'Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
>>>The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)'. I have tried uninstalling
>>>and re-installing, even changing the CD-RW but still nogo.
>>>
>>>Microsoft Error 39 states 'Reasons for this error include a driver that is
>>>not present; a binary file that is corrupt; a file I/O problem, or a driver
>>>that references an entry point in another binary file that could not be
>>>loaded.'
>>>
>>>What next ???
>>