I have an HP Pavillion and run Windows XP. I popped a music CD in my Samsung Cd R/RW SW-232B today and got a message related to not having a CD Drive. The drive has worked great for several years and I could load software, burn disks etc..etc..
I checked my device manager and I was sad to find out there was an error listed with my device. I checked my system information and indeed it was not listed. There is a yellow exclamation mark and so I started the Troubleshoot wizard. The message read "Unable to start device Code-10"
The first thing I did was try to install an updated driver. I couldn't find any on my system and I got a message to load the CD with the driver on it. Obviously this won't work with no CD drive.
I got onto the Samsung site and downloaded what I assumed was a newer driver but as soon as I ran the download software it stopped and said "Drive Not Found" not to be critical but I pretty much already knew this. I tried a few other sites and the same thing happened with the software and I got similar messages regarding drive not found and it can't continue. I decided to try the next thing suggested and that was to disconenct the drive physically from my system and then attach the cables and the power. This didn't help either. I uninstalled it from the device manager and then editied my registery and removed it from there as well. The system goes out and detects the drive when I reboot. Then the magic yellow exclaimation mark is back and I'm back to square one. I decided to try something else so I did a system restore to a few weeks ago and of course it didn't help anything either.
Any ideas would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
