UPDATE: ProblemSolved!!Liteon Burner worked for 1 week now XP can't see it or is even listed under "My Computer" folder

[NICKel]

I had my new burner working fine and then the other day I turned on my comp and it is not listed anymore. At first I thought it might be fried, but in Dos I can use and boot from the CD drive.....

I the hardware driver section it lists that is sees the Liteon, but there is a problem ... I tried several uninstalls of the driver and I check all the cable connections and they seem find ???

Any thoughts? I have Nero. CDRwin, and CloneCD installed???


UPDATE -- Problem SOLVED !!!! AnandTech Forum MEMBERS RULE!!!!!
I never would have doen this on my own!!!! Thanks everyone who helped

 

[recha]

go to BIOS and see what's up. make sure the comp can see it there or else it won't be able to see it in win

 

[NICKel]

Actually bios sees it just fine...... I can even boot from it... but nothing in XP , well actually XP identifies it as a liteon, but then there is an exclamation mark next to it. And I have uninstalled 3 times and it still is not installing it at all?
....... I had this problem once in 98.

 

[KGB]

M$ has a KB article here.

 

[NICKel]

Originally posted by: KGBMAN
M$ has a KB article here.

Many Many thanks !!!!!! KGBMAN!!!

That did the trick! Man I hate editing registries, but that was it! PLease know that you have really helped and saved me tons of grey hair and other serious maladies /thanks a million thanks!

SOLUTION LISTED BELOW : (remember to back up your registry)

CAUSE
An incorrect device driver was installed for the CD-ROM device.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use the following methods in the order in which they are presented.

Method 1: Remove Registry Entry
WARNING : If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Click Start , and then click Run .


In the Open box, type regedit , and then click OK .


Locate the following registry subkey:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/Curretcontrolset/Control/Class/{4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
On the File menu, click Export .


In the File name box, type savedkey , and then click Save .


Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type UpperFilters , and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes . NOTE : If this data type is missing, continue to the next method.


Click the REG_MULTI_SZ data type LowerFilters , and then click Delete on the Edit menu. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes .


Quit the Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.