The problem: My laptop does not reconize the drive at all I had installed a few programs that I needed for my external HD, then deleted them (because the HD still didn't work), and immediately after deleting these programs the CD ROM drive stopped working... I have looked for a driver, but I've been told that I shouldn't need a driver on XP...any suggestions? I have also browsed the other related threads and none seem to apply, or perhaps the answer is "just replace it"?
This is a software problem rather than hardware, you could try reinstalling Windows or try and reinstall the driver if you have any. Or rollback to a previous driver in the device manager.
even on xp sometimes you will need the driver, try removing the drive from your laptop and reinserting in while its turned off as the connection might be abit dodgey. what was the software you unistalled? Hop this helps Dave :good:
