CDRW/DVD missing

[Pedro]

My CDRW/DVD as suddenly disappeared. In device manager it show a message
"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be
corrupted or missing (code 39)"
I can boot from the XP CD so I assume that the drive actually is working. I
have searched the web for a driver but the site for drive says it has no
driver that windows xp provided it. As I cant use the drive I cannot get to
search the CD to replace the driver.
Any suggestions please. I don't really want to do a complete reinstall as I
live in a very remote area and the best internet connection I can get is
25Kbps so it takes forever to update windows.
Thanks
Peter.

 

[bud]

My CDRW/DVD as suddenly disappeared. In device manager it show a message
"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may
be corrupted or missing (code 39)"
I can boot from the XP CD so I assume that the drive actually is working.
I have searched the web for a driver but the site for drive says it has no
driver that windows xp provided it. As I cant use the drive I cannot get
to search the CD to replace the driver.
Any suggestions please. I don't really want to do a complete reinstall as
I live in a very remote area and the best internet connection I can get is
25Kbps so it takes forever to update windows.
Thanks
Peter.

try this,
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

 

[Taurarian]

Win XP Fixes: Restore CD/DVD Drives to Explorer
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19, or Code
39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553
CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP
An incorrect device driver was installed for the CD-ROM device.