Dvd/Cdrw not recognized?

I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop.I am running windows xp professional.I was
running a cd drive perfectly, when I took a cdrw/dvd from another Dell
Inspiron 5000 and installed it in my laptop it does not recognize any
hardware for new dvd drive anywhere. I have tried mr.fix it,3hrs and no
result. I have tried
the registry fix, did not work. I have looked for a driver, none found.
Please tell me if it is possible to have a dvd cdrw while running xp
professional? If so HOW! Please help!

=?Utf-8?B?UGF1bCBH?= <PaulG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:A73F7A24-A427-40EF-BDBC-736D044AF2E6@microsoft.com:

> I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop.I am running windows xp
> professional.I was running a cd drive perfectly, when I
> took a cdrw/dvd from another Dell Inspiron 5000 and
> installed it in my laptop it does not recognize any
> hardware for new dvd drive anywhere. I have tried mr.fix
> it,3hrs and no result. I have tried
> the registry fix, did not work. I have looked for a driver,
> none found. Please tell me if it is possible to have a dvd
> cdrw while running xp professional? If so HOW! Please help!

Google "CD drive not recognized by XP". One of the links will be
to a MS Knowledge Base article with a very simple and quick
registry fix.


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Take a look here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

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"Paul G" <PaulG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A73F7A24-A427-40EF-BDBC-736D044AF2E6@microsoft.com...
>I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop.I am running windows xp professional.I was
> running a cd drive perfectly, when I took a cdrw/dvd from another Dell
> Inspiron 5000 and installed it in my laptop it does not recognize any
> hardware for new dvd drive anywhere. I have tried mr.fix it,3hrs and no
> result. I have tried
> the registry fix, did not work. I have looked for a driver, none found.
> Please tell me if it is possible to have a dvd cdrw while running xp
> professional? If so HOW! Please help!
>