CD-RW Driver Error 39

[Kent]

Back when I first installed my HP cd-writer cd-rw it came
with some software that turned out to not be compatible
with XP. Even after removing it I always got a dialog
when starting up saying a driver was being disabled.

A while back I thought I had tracked it down so I renamed
a file. Sure enough the dialog quite coming up, but
apparently I haven't used my CD since, until now when I
noticed it isn't listed in Explorer any more.

When I go to Control Panel >> System and look at the
drivers it has a yellow "!" next to it. I have tried
uninstalling it and reinstalling etc, but it always says
it can't find a more up to date driver. But then when it
is loaded again I get the yellow "!" and it says the
driver is missing or corrupt?

I can''t find the original file that I renamed, and I
can't find any drivers on HP's site.

At this point I have no idea how to get it working again.
Any help appriciated.

[Bob Knowlden]

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

"CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP"

(applies to other causes than installing XP)

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

or search Google Groups. You may get a few (thousand) hits.

Bob Knowlden

Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"Kent" > wrote in message
...
>
> Back when I first installed my HP cd-writer cd-rw it came
> with some software that turned out to not be compatible
> with XP. Even after removing it I always got a dialog
> when starting up saying a driver was being disabled.
>
> A while back I thought I had tracked it down so I renamed
> a file. Sure enough the dialog quite coming up, but
> apparently I haven't used my CD since, until now when I
> noticed it isn't listed in Explorer any more.
>
> When I go to Control Panel >> System and look at the
> drivers it has a yellow "!" next to it. I have tried
> uninstalling it and reinstalling etc, but it always says
> it can't find a more up to date driver. But then when it
> is loaded again I get the yellow "!" and it says the
> driver is missing or corrupt?
>
> I can''t find the original file that I renamed, and I
> can't find any drivers on HP's site.
>
> At this point I have no idea how to get it working again.
> Any help appriciated.

[Bob Knowlden]

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

"CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP"

(applies to other causes than installing XP)

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_cd_dvd_fix.htm

or search Google Groups. You may get a few (thousand) hits.

Bob Knowlden

Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"Kent" > wrote in message
...
>
> Back when I first installed my HP cd-writer cd-rw it came
> with some software that turned out to not be compatible
> with XP. Even after removing it I always got a dialog
> when starting up saying a driver was being disabled.
>
> A while back I thought I had tracked it down so I renamed
> a file. Sure enough the dialog quite coming up, but
> apparently I haven't used my CD since, until now when I
> noticed it isn't listed in Explorer any more.
>
> When I go to Control Panel >> System and look at the
> drivers it has a yellow "!" next to it. I have tried
> uninstalling it and reinstalling etc, but it always says
> it can't find a more up to date driver. But then when it
> is loaded again I get the yellow "!" and it says the
> driver is missing or corrupt?
>
> I can''t find the original file that I renamed, and I
> can't find any drivers on HP's site.
>
> At this point I have no idea how to get it working again.
> Any help appriciated.

[Kent]

Thanks Bob I think it ended up being a link off of one of
these pages that got me going. I had to reinstall some of
the cdwriter software after I was done and have got my
popup message back but at least the drive is working.


>-----Original Message-----
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;320553
>
>"CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install
Windows XP"