CD-ROM drives disappear!

[Guest]

Both my CDROM drive and CDRewriter drives have disappeared from "My Computer".
Device manager displays the following problem for both: "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drives but it has not worked, i have also checked that they are plugged in correctly.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Rich Barry]

Check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select C
and scroll to Cd/Dvd drives
missing from MyComputer/WinExplorer.

Both my CDROM drive and CDRewriter drives have disappeared from "My Computer".
Device manager displays the following problem for both: "Windows cannot

start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the
registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". I have tried uninstalling
and reinstalling the drives but it has not worked, i have also checked that
they are plugged in correctly.

 

[Guest]

Check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select C
and scroll to Cd/Dvd drives
missing from MyComputer/WinExplorer.

start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the
registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". I have tried uninstalling
and reinstalling the drives but it has not worked, i have also checked that
they are plugged in correctly.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

You can also read this for more information:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553

 

[Guest]

Check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select C
and scroll to Cd/Dvd drives
missing from MyComputer/WinExplorer.

start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the
registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". I have tried uninstalling
and reinstalling the drives but it has not worked, i have also checked that
they are plugged in correctly.

 

[Guest]

Check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select C
and scroll to Cd/Dvd drives
missing from MyComputer/WinExplorer.

start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the
registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)". I have tried uninstalling
and reinstalling the drives but it has not worked, i have also checked that
they are plugged in correctly.