Corrupted CD-ROM Drives

[ComputerNut]

Just earlier today, i was trying to play my game w/ the play CD, like most games. for some reason it wouldnt find the CD. So I checked my computer, my CD-ROM drive icons are missing! I check device manager. as feared theres exclamation marks beside my CD drive listings with the following status:

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

So how do I fix these drivers, considering that these are built in windows drivers.

Help is greatly appreciated.

TIA,
CN :)

[Cricket]

Did you have Easy CD Creator installed on that computer? See if this helps (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060).

:) Cricket

[ComputerNut]

Cricket, i tried what you suggested but no go. That situation doesnt seem to apply too much to my situation. I do have Easy Media Creator 7, but i didnt uninstall it, or even touch it these past few days.

CN :)

[Panama Red]

Remove the drives from Device Manager and reboot. Windows will find them again and reinstall the drivers. See if that works.

[ComputerNut]

Funny, how I often forget about such a simple yet effective method, i gotta start keeping a checklist with me :D. Anyway, that seemed to have fixed the problem. i didnt even have to do a reboot, just deleted their icons, rescanned the device manager and it reinstalled. But, now I gotta tread carefully, since this is one of few weird glitches with my system.

TIA,
CN :)