DVD rom driver issue

[Scott]

My dvd rom was working fine, I left for about 15 minutes,
then my dvd rom was not in "my computer" so i checked with
device manamger and in the properties of my dvd rom it said
" Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" I tried
to update the driver in the i386 folder because i have my
XP cd there, and it said the driver was not newer so it
wouldnt be updated. This is a basic windows driver so no
site hosts the driver. I am also a computer technition so I
know what I am doing and I am at a loss here. My drive is a
lite on DVD LDW-851S. Can anyone help me?
- Scott

 

[Rodney]

Hi Scott

First a good place to get drivers is

www.driverguide.com

login in using
username:driver
password:all

thats the default accouant the never got rid of

next if it wont let you install a new driver try removing
it form the device manager and restarting this will cause
it to reinstall the drivers for it again

try that

Rodney

 

[scott]

i tried driverguide.com and they dont have what i need. I
also have tried to remove my dvd rom and add it several
times and it is still giving me the same message...any
thoughts?

 

[V Green]

DVD drives don't need seperate drivers. They're
built-in.

Uninstall the drive using Device Manager.

Shut down the system. Open the case and
check all the cables going to the drive.

Power up and see if it gets redetected.

 

[Ross Durie]

"technition"

--
Ross

DVD drives don't need seperate drivers. They're
built-in.

Uninstall the drive using Device Manager.

Shut down the system. Open the case and
check all the cables going to the drive.

Power up and see if it gets redetected.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My dvd rom was working fine, I left for about 15 minutes,
then my dvd rom was not in "my computer" so i checked with
device manamger and in the properties of my dvd rom it said
" Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware.
The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"

Presuming this is an internal DVD drive, it does not need specific
drivers; but there may be some driver style file from a burning program
that has gone AWOL, leaving an unsatisfied registry entry. To tidy up,
get a registry patch file, cdgone.reg, from
www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip, extract it, r-click on it and merge
it into the registry

You will then need to reinstall any burning software that you *do* use.