another note, in My computer the icon for the drive is a cd on top of the drive and next to it it says DVD/CD-RW Drive (E, and after i put in the DVD that gets the error message, the icond turns into a big cd and underneath it it says DVD-ROM and next to it it now says CD Drive (E, do you think the drive is thinking that i put in an audio or data cd and thats why i get the error message?
Quote Originally Posted by Curio
One thing I noticed in the previous case was that the DVD rom drive was picked up by XP as something other than the actual make/model, perhaps it is a driver issue but why an in-place install would correct it when un-install re-install does not I am afraid I do not know.
that sounds like it might be true to this cause i went to compaq help and typed in my model puter and it listed the updates and firmware for a drive that wasnt in my comp, maybe i do have that drive they listed but my computer for some reason lists it as a different model? like i said b4 though, i dont know much about computers, so i ask for your help, thank you