Re: CD Rom Drivers for XP

Is the CD-ROM recognized in the BIOS? (I hope that your PC's BIOS
doesn't hide nearly everything, as I saw in some older Compaq PCs.)

Did you have Adaptec/Roxio Easy CD Creator installed during the upgrade
to XP?

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;320553

"CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP"

There's an automated version of the fix available:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_..._cd_dvd_fix.htm

HTH.

Bob Knowlden

Address altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

Jerry wrote:

> I have been having problems with my cd rom drivers since
> upgrading my Compaq Presario from Win ME to Win XP. In
> troubleshooting the error message I have gone from bad to
> worse. I can no longer access the cd rom and the device
> manager tells me the drivers are corrupt. Where can I
> get the updated device drives for these cd rom drives?