'Lost' my CDROM driver

[Dan McLean]

I have been trying to install an Ministry of Sound MP3 player on my PC and
somehow seem to have damaged my CDROM drivers. When I look up the CDROM
using my computer it does not appear to be connected, it shows the normal
Floppy and hard drives but no CDROM drive. When I look up the hardware
installed under System/hardware etc using Device manager there is a yellow
exclamation mark against the CDROM and I get the message "The driver may be
corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" I have tried the Trouble-shooter several
times, which suggest I uninstall and re-install the drivers but that does
nor work. When I try the Add hardware wizard I get the same error message
"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be
corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" Because I cannot use the CDROM device I
cannot re-install the drivers from my Windows XP CD. Can anyone suggest a
way out of this hole I am digging myself into please ?

THANKS, Dan McLean.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dan,

See if this helps:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

Under section 8 - Problems - there is a link to a patch that often resolves
this problem

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Dan McLean]

Thanks Rick, I tried that registry patch but it made no difference, I have
also tried disconnecting my CDROM drive and re-installing the driver but it
looks as though my registry is so badly damaged that I will have to format
my hard disk and re-install Windows again. Have a Happy Easter, Dan

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dan,

First try a repair installation:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone