CD R/RW can't read any disks after XP

I had the same problem when i installed roxio Easy CD
creator.....i downloaded the XP compatible drivers from
roxio website and it worked fine.....have u installed XP
compatible drivers?
-----Original Message-----
after upgrade to XP from ME i can't read discs
in my CD-RW (D drive. the system recognizes
my drive is still there, it didn't vanish, and
sees that a disk has been inserted but starts a
file search / read attempt that comes up with
nothing. i originally installed XP from this
drive but had to use my DVD-ROM (E drive to
add backup utility later. these are original
drives on an HP8775c, not added later. the
CD-R/RW is shown as IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 using
microsoft driver 07/01/2001 5.1.2525.0 and
reportedly is the most current driver available.
i have already updated system bios as well.
running with 512Mb memory & 60Gb hard drive.

device manager says drive & driver are working
fine with no problems. i did not yet convert
file system from FAT32 to NTFS. this happens
with previously burned data cd's, audio cd's,
original installation cd's or anything.
explorer is still able to read all of these same
discs in my DVD-ROM drive with no problem which
enabled me to complete software reinstalls.

i previously had EZ CD creator 5 platinum
installed. i uninstalled this, reinstalled it
and continued with the upgrade to EZ CD creator 6
which was done through the DVD-ROM drive.

i don't recall if this happened immediately after
the XP install or after uninstalling EZ CD 5.
i have installed the 6x driver updates from Roxio
already. same issue comes up when trying to burn
either CD-R or CD-R/RW as it cant read / recognize
the blank.

any suggestions?
Louis
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