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I need to know the location of the CDrom Driver's.
The Symantec remove product tool, Has Removed them.

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After reported that the Symantec removal tool stripped the optical/emulation drivers, and with points raised by , and , the problem is most often broken PnP/registry entries or missing system driver files rather than a vendor-only driver issue. The useful recovery path is: clean out ghost devices and third‑party filter drivers, repair missing system files, and restore the CD class registry entries.

Enable the Device Manager trick and remove non-present or greyed entries for optical and emulation devices:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
start devmgmt.msc

In Device Manager choose View -> Show hidden devices, expand DVD/CD-ROM drives and any emulation drivers, and uninstall the greyed items. Also remove old entries under IDE/ATAPI controllers if present.

Back up the registry and then check the CD class key for filter values. The class key is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

If UpperFilters or LowerFilters exist there, export the key and delete those values. Verify the Cdrom service key under ...Services\Cdrom exists and that Plug and Play and Shell Hardware Detection are enabled and running.

If the above doesn’t restore the device, run sfc /scannow to repair missing system files (for example cdrom.sys), uninstall and let Windows redetect the IDE/ATAPI controllers, use System Restore to a point before the removal tool ran, or perform an in-place repair install as a last resort. For emulation software (Alcohol/Daemon Tools) use the vendor removal/cleanup tool or reinstall it after clean-up so no leftover filters block the real drive. Always export registry keys and ensure a restore point before making changes.

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Member Avatar for 'Stein

Have you tried ?

;)

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yeah no luck.....

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What model of Cd-rom are ya using?

And also, what type of computer are you using?

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1. Sony CRX230ED
2. Sony DVD RW DRU-530A

it has also Removed my Emu drive From Alc120%
Board
AK77-600N
1.5 Gig's of DDR400
AMD XP 2800+

Member Avatar for judgedredd

Well they usually sit in;
C:\Windows\system32\driver

With regards to having a specific driver for your cd drive, I though windows didn't need them.

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i dont think it did, But when it comes up. It says installing New hardware, Calls it a CDrom. And then Fails to Install the drives.
Ive made Crapload's of changes to the Driverfile and Kept the Original.
But with no Luck. somthings Still missing

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Hi


This Link may help you. let us Know

http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=Drivers+Sony+DVD+RW+DRU-530A&meta=

hth

Darren
South Africa

Im not inneed of the firmware.
The software on my MCE for the Drives has been Removed Misplaced or Curruptid.
i try'd the Recover crap with my Disk as well. normaly it resets the drivers if they are screwd.
This not being the case

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