I'm having a problem with my IDE drivers. The primary/secondary IDE channels in my device manager have yellow exalamation points and the error is a code 31 "unable to load drivers". unisntalling/reinstalling/rebooting does nothing. I've tried uninstalling all of my cd/dvd burning software and that did not fix a thing. I would like to avoid formatting if possible.
I'm running xp sp2 and the two devices themselves are fine as far as hardware goes, but unusable/invisible in windows.
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Jump to PostEnter bios setup then see to it all your ide devices such as hard disks and especially your cdroms are being recognized by the bios. If not, check the ide cables and power connectors of the corresponding devices.
Does your cdrom drives appear in the "My Computer"?
Jump to PostDo you have Roxio Goback program run in your windows?
Does your system run in a ide/sata pci controller card?
Okay, try this.
Run your system in safe mode. Go to Device Manager and under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, right click each item then select uninstall. Delete all …
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