Looking for a driver for this device which came on a Compaq desktop PC.

Thank you.

Tom

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: LiteOn Technology
Model: LTR-48247S
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rw, cd-rom (rewriter & reader)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Sonic Record Now/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=600&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=LTR-48247S&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=LiteOn+Technology+CD+%2F+DVD++LTR-48247S+Windows+XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer LiteOn Technology (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=600)

Optical drives do not require a driver when used in any Windows os from 95 up. Please state what the problem is and include some details.

If the problem is non-detection, please read this Microsoft document:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;320553

The document is no longer available, plz re-post it or upload and post the link to it. My problem IS a detection problem with my Lite-On LTR-48247S drive and I have Windows XP Home Edition SP2. I got a bubble on the bottom of my screen saying it detected my CD-RW drive and my DVD drive, but when I open My Computer, they don't show up, and device manager or any of those programs don't find them either. If there IS a driver for this device, someone PLZ post it, and if not, can anyone tell me how to fix this so that my comp. will detect my drives? Thx.

You could have found this info in almost 95% of threads in this forum simply by reading.

Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Win95 up. Windows XP and Windows Vista both provide native
support that allows an optical drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. No support for playing dvd disks, avi or mpeg
video files, or for burning cd-rw or dvd disks. For those tasks, compatible 3rd. party recording & dvd decoding software is required.


Fix #1:
If your problem is non-detection, ie: drive is not listed in My Computer, please read post #24 in this thread: http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=21669&page=4

It contains manual instructions on the delete the upper and lower filters fix, that will solve the problem.
If only one of the two filters are listed, just proceed with deleting the one only, then resume.



Fix #2:
Also, there is a STICKY posted in this forum that contains a file from Microsoft and instructions that will do this registry edit automatically instead of having to do it manually.
You can find this thread here: http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=30011


Fix #3:
And here's another method (CdGone.zip) that will do this procedure automatically for you if you're afraid to edit the registry manually.

http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=22131
(automatic fix, post #7, download file: CdGone.zip)
Unzip the file, then launch it.
I highly recommend this fix to use over the others.
It's quick and requires no skill to use.



Fix #4:
Alternately, download and install the DVD fix from this Web site: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs

Download the file and save it to Desktop. Open an "admin" Command Prompt
Note: You must copy and paste (into Notepad) the text on the Doug Knox page then save it as xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs

and run the .vbs file by typing the following at the console window:

wscript.exe "%userprofile%\desktop\xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs"



Now.... after performing this fix, don't reboot yet. Next, (in Device Manager), uninstall all optical drives listed (if none are listed,
continue with next step)...

Reboot the pc or "scan for hardware changes". Your drive(s) should now be visible in My Computer and work properly.
If the drive still fails to work properly after performing any of these fixes, it most likely will need to be replaced.


Also, for optical drive problems in Windows Vista, read this HP web page. (h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00817052&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3752864&os=2093&lang=en) Even though it's for HP/Compaq machines, the same
principals applies to all modern IDE optical drives regardless of brand.

If your drive stopped working after installing an Adobe product, please read this thread. (kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402306&sliceId=1) Note: about 2/3rds. down the page is a video
that shows how to perform the "delete upper and lower filters fix".

This is a multi-page thread dealing with issues of the optical drive and problems encountered in Windows XP and Vista. It covers a lot of
issues and the most common causes and solutions. Click here (discuss.extremetech.com/forums/thread/1004364399.aspx) to read the thread.

You can get instructions for performing this fix from Microsoft at this page [Windows XP] (support.microsoft.com/kb/314060) and from this page. [Windows 2000] (support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/nl)