CDROM/DVD ROM Mysteriously both no loger have drivers?

Printable View

April 29th, 2005, 09:30 AM
gracetm

CDROM/DVD ROM Mysteriously both no loger have drivers?

What would cause, potentially mind you, for a system to have a problem with both cd-rom and dvd-rom unable to load the drivers? Would it be realistic that both drives would go bad at the exact same time?

I’ve uninstalled the devices and tried to reinstall them. All I ever get is ….”windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. Code 39” I’ve located the driver for the device off Dell and loaded to the machine…but it still won’t find the driver, and even when I manually search for it…it won’t list the driver.

I just find it odd that both blew up at the same exact time. One is a NEC-CD-RW NR-9100A, and the other is a GCR-8481B. I cannot use the driver resource disk or utility disks obviously because the both cd rom and dvd rom drives won’t work…*smile*.

Let me revise that….the driver for the NR-9100A firmware is a flash utility. Which won’t run because it says that the target NEC NR-9100A is not found correctly. Basically, the utility won’t run because it can’t find the hardware…..the hardware won’t run because it can’t find the driver…

Any thoughts?
April 29th, 2005, 09:42 AM
kennel

Try this to see if it helps. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/
April 29th, 2005, 09:55 AM
topper22

Same Problem Lost the CDRW and CD

I lost the ability to use a CD and or CDRW on my Compaq . I put a HD on the 2nd IDE cabl;e and all works well. When I try to put the CD's back they wont show up. What's going on??
Thanks for any info.P2 400 EN Compaq computer
April 29th, 2005, 10:17 AM
gracetm

Thanks! Worked like a charm.....

:)
May 6th, 2005, 03:04 PM
pip22

to 'topper22'. please don't post a question in someone else's thread. Start a new thread of your own please! you are far more likely to get a response that way. It's not easy trying to offer advice to two people in the same thread when the both need a different solution!
May 25th, 2005, 08:38 PM
anasteele

my cd and dvd drivers desappeared from my computer. they don't load anymore. I have windows xp professional. can anybody help me?
May 27th, 2005, 10:30 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally Posted by pip22

to 'topper22'. please don't post a question in someone else's thread. Start a new thread of your own please! you are far more likely to get a response that way. It's not easy trying to offer advice to two people in the same thread when the both need a different solution!

Indeedy :thumbs: .. so I'll close this one up :).

anasteele you can find a new thread for your issue here