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formatted, installed 98, upgraded to xp pro! my cd drives are now visible and functioning for normal cds, woohooo!!

the irony of that... if i could, i would.. i guess i'll just format and do a clean install when i get the spare time.. thanks for all your help though! xs@whinston.com

that'd be nice.. finished installing xp at 1am, installed cd creator and firmware ~2am.. nearest system checkpoint? 4 pm .. so that won't work.. are there any updates or service packs available? xs@whinston.com

the CD-r is a Ricoh CD-R/RW MP7040a .. i downloaded the flash.exe from ricoh's website, but the program needs windows to recognize the drive first.. and the drive is only recognized in the device manager as not working.. it does not show up in explorer. i figure if i can get one of them working i can get the other.. more info: they were both fine when i installed xp pro.. then i tried installing cd creator 5.02 and it didn't recognize my burner as a burner.. so i tried upgrading its firmware and now both the cdrw and dvd are screwwed... xs@whinston.com

i've uninstalled and reinstalled my cdr drive and dvd drive multiple times.. each time they show up in the device manager with an exclamation saying: "Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)" any help on how this can be fixed? anybody else having this problem? thanks. ~whinston xs@whinston.com