I have a serious problem with loading drivers for my CD-ROM and CD-WRITER. Device manager says error code 31. I've seen one post earlier about this, but no replies to it.
I bought a CD-WRITER (SONY CD-RW CRX140E, ide) and installed it as master on secondary IDE. My old CD-ROM was set as slave. Windows 2000 detected my CD-Writer immediately and everything seemed to be working fine. Then I installed WinOnCD writer software and Adaptec DirectCD. I don't know if it happened just after these installations, but i suddenly could not find the drive letters for either of the CD-ROM's. In device manager the drives are recognized, but drivers are not loaded (Code 31).
I've now used 6 hours troubleshooting this, searching for help on the web and so on.
What I have done without success:
*Uninstalled drivers. W2K finds new HW and installs drivers again, but it will not load them.
*Booted in safety mode. W2K would still not load the drivers.
*Disconnected one by one of the CD-ROM and CD-WRITER. The loading W2K with only one of them connected.
*Changed master/slave settings.
*Tried CD-WRITER as slave on PRIMARY IDE channel. W2K would still not load the driver.
*Flashed latest BIOS version for my motherboard. BIOS has always recognized both the devices during boot up...
What i know i have not tried is to run "format c:\", but i am hoping to avoid that option. I even don't know if that will help, i might end up in same problems anyway...
I'm hoping someone know how to fix this and will give me some help. I would really appreciate that, and i'll give you all my thanks in advance.
For information:
Motherboard: MSI K7T Pro, Duron 600Mhz,64MB SDRAM (waiting for additional 256MB
CD-ROM: Good old Goldstar GCD-R580B
CD-WRITER: SONY CRX140ERP
Hard drives: IBM DTLA 20GB + an old 1.2GB Seagate (master/slave on primary IDE).
Windows2000 is installed with service pack 1.
I bought a CD-WRITER (SONY CD-RW CRX140E, ide) and installed it as master on secondary IDE. My old CD-ROM was set as slave. Windows 2000 detected my CD-Writer immediately and everything seemed to be working fine. Then I installed WinOnCD writer software and Adaptec DirectCD. I don't know if it happened just after these installations, but i suddenly could not find the drive letters for either of the CD-ROM's. In device manager the drives are recognized, but drivers are not loaded (Code 31).
I've now used 6 hours troubleshooting this, searching for help on the web and so on.
What I have done without success:
*Uninstalled drivers. W2K finds new HW and installs drivers again, but it will not load them.
*Booted in safety mode. W2K would still not load the drivers.
*Disconnected one by one of the CD-ROM and CD-WRITER. The loading W2K with only one of them connected.
*Changed master/slave settings.
*Tried CD-WRITER as slave on PRIMARY IDE channel. W2K would still not load the driver.
*Flashed latest BIOS version for my motherboard. BIOS has always recognized both the devices during boot up...
What i know i have not tried is to run "format c:\", but i am hoping to avoid that option. I even don't know if that will help, i might end up in same problems anyway...
I'm hoping someone know how to fix this and will give me some help. I would really appreciate that, and i'll give you all my thanks in advance.
For information:
Motherboard: MSI K7T Pro, Duron 600Mhz,64MB SDRAM (waiting for additional 256MB
CD-ROM: Good old Goldstar GCD-R580B
CD-WRITER: SONY CRX140ERP
Hard drives: IBM DTLA 20GB + an old 1.2GB Seagate (master/slave on primary IDE).
Windows2000 is installed with service pack 1.