Vista - CD/DVD Drives Won't Work

I recently upgraded from XPH to Vista Business. Seems my CDROM.SYS or related
file got corrupted because shortly after upgrading ALL my CD & DVD drives
stopped working, giving driver errors. Problem is I can't repair Windows
since there's no DVD drive and when I update drivers or re-install the
hardware I'm told I have the latest drivers.
Any suggestions?

JR,

Follow the instructions on the following Microsoft article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929461

Sometimes this solution works, but who knows until you try it. Post back on
the results.

--
freddy


"JR" wrote:

> I recently upgraded from XPH to Vista Business. Seems my CDROM.SYS or related
> file got corrupted because shortly after upgrading ALL my CD & DVD drives
> stopped working, giving driver errors. Problem is I can't repair Windows
> since there's no DVD drive and when I update drivers or re-install the
> hardware I'm told I have the latest drivers.
> Any suggestions?

Try Method 1 (Remove the registry entry):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320553/


"JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently upgraded from XPH to Vista Business. Seems my CDROM.SYS or
>related
> file got corrupted because shortly after upgrading ALL my CD & DVD drives
> stopped working, giving driver errors. Problem is I can't repair Windows
> since there's no DVD drive and when I update drivers or re-install the
> hardware I'm told I have the latest drivers.
> Any suggestions?