Cd-r/rw Problem

Hi.

I just bought a cd-rw(Plextor 12/10/32A) and installed it. Everythink was fine, the computer recognized it, both cd-r and cd-rw drive icons D: and E: where present in "My Computer". Then I installed the software that came with it.

Before i tried to burn anything, i realized that both cd-r and cd-rw drive icons have disappeared from "My Computer" ( you know when you double click My Computer and see all the drives the computer has).

I went to Device Manager and saw that both drives had a yellow sign with an exclamation mark in it. Their Device Status said "Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41)".

Then i checked the cable and jumper settings and they were fine. I had the drives set up as cd-rw -> secondary master, cd-r -> secondary slave. And it even shows that on startup screen and also in BIOS.

Could someone please help me fix the problem. THANKS

Describtions of my system are:
OS: windowsXP
CPU: Intel Pentium III 700MHz
MotherB: Asus CUBX
CD-RW: Plextor 12/10/32
CD-R: Panasonic 48X

 

What software did you install, xp is a little fussy about burning software

 

Never mind my earlier post. I've fixed the problem. The software that came with the drive was not compatible with winXP. Everything went back to normal right after I uninstalled it.
But now i have to look for a software that will let me burn stuff and is winXP compatible

Thanks for checking if you did

crillin.

 

oh the software was Plextor Manager 2000.

crillin.

 

Nero 5.5 works great, son is using it

www.ahead.de

 

Thanks alot brainF. I'll try that software.