Not able to reinstall CD/DVD-ROM drive

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ahsin

I uninstalled the CD-DVD drive and deleted it by mistake.
I tried to load the hardware again by following
instruction given in install hardware. But it's not
working out. It shows error 41 and says impssible to
perform task. And in the hardware folder where CD drive
and DVD-ROM drive is visible, there are big yellow dots
with exclamation mark inside the dot. I have no clue what
are these. Please help.

The drive is not visible on my desktop or in systems and
I am not able to play CD, DVD, MP3 etc. I get the message
drive does not exist. Please tell me what to do.
 
Goto http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php#problems
See the second "problem" (read the caveats)
Run the provided registry patch

That should fix your problem (basically, a filter driver is missing or
non-operational, the registry patch will delete the filter drivers
references for your cdrom(s))


Basically, the reg file from above carries out the steps displayed at this
website


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

CD-ROM Access Is Missing and Messages Cite Error Code 31, Code 32, Code 19,
or Code 39 After You Remove Easy CD Creator in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060


(It'll fix code 41 errors too as per the contents of the last kb article)
 
Go to the microsoft knowledge database. Get article #
314060. Follow it exactly, and you should be good to go!
 
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