You can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive:
or you get an error code 31
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;314060
XP does not recognize a DVD-RW disc
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818733/en-us
Also:
Right click on the My Computer Icon on your desktop and select Manage and
select: Device Manager
(Or: Go to Start, then select 'Run' and in the Open field enter: devmgmt.msc
then click on the OK button)
After the Device Manager window opens, click the "+" to expand the
DVD/CD-Rom drives option.
Next, right-click on the DVD Drive you are having problems with and select
Uninstall.
You may be prompted to reboot your computer,
Reboot and Windows XP will re-install the DVD Drive.
JS
www.pagestart.com
"BobG" <BobG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BAF621BF-69C7-459D-92B7-8E5ADB15B83F@microsoft.com...
> My Dell XPS M1210 no longer seems to be able to access my SONY DVD Model
> DW-Q58A drive. The message I get under the device manager Properties for
> this
> device is: "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The
> driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)". Assuming the message is
> correct, I assume I need to re-install the driver. Neither Dell nor Sony
> have
> been able to help me (other than to suggest that I re-install XP, which
> seems
> to be overkill to me. Is simply reinstalling the driver an option? If so,
> where can I find it (Sony and Dell can't/won't help andI can't find it on
> Mocrosoft's sites)? If not, what is the solution to my problem?
>
> Thanks, Bob