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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	17 Jun 2008 16:17
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	I wonder if you could run a piece of software for me which may do the trick or at least help us a little. You need to download and install DriverMax from: http://www.download.com/DriverMax/3000-2098_4-10572602.html?tag=toprated If you are unsure of how to do this give me a shout.
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 20:25
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	No worries.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 20:21
	no it didn't.
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 20:18
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ok if it isn't too much give that a try and then at least we know whether the drive is up the creek or not. Incidentally, did it give you the option to rollback the driver?
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 20:15
	I don't have another computer here but I could ask a friend to bring their's over in the week and try that. Thanks Errol. Gill
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 20:09
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	If you have access to another computer try the drive in that machine and see if it makes any difference.
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:55
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	I'm just grabbing a bite to eat.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:53
	yes it does say that no I don't really want to try manually Errol, I might leave it and see if I can get a new one soon. Thanks very much for all your help I do appreciate it. Gill
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:45
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ok one other thing to try is a system rollback but I don't particularly want to go down that route if possible. Do you want to try to manually replace the drivers? This will be a bit long winded with no guarantee of success. Incidentally, does it still say "This device is working properly"?
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:38
	ok it did an internet search but said cannot find a better match
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:33
	ok will try update again
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:31
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	Thought so lol I doubt very much whether this will now make a difference but try the update driver option again and tell it to search on the internet. Another thing we can try after that is a manual install of drivers and you may want to just double check that the connecting cables are pushed right in (when the machine is switched off!) although, again, I don't think that is the problem.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:20
	yes sorry, there is \ between them
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:18
	I'll go check I may have written it wrong
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:18
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	On the third one, is there no slash between system32 and NTIDrvr.sys?
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 19:14
	ok it says exactly the same C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys C:\WINDOWS\system32C:\WINDOWS\system32NTIDrvr.sys C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\UBHelper.sys C:\WINDOWS\system32\storprop.dll and the ticks are the same
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 18:57
	ok just a min
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 18:56
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	You can open the drawer by pushing something like a straightened out paperclip into the little hole by the drive. Can you go through the process of listing the drivers again for me so I can see if anything has changed?
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	16 Jun 2008 18:54
	no and the drawer won't open to give me my cd back lol
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	ErrolSheep	Report	16 Jun 2008 18:52
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 7,504 Send Message	Is it now working?

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