I am searching for a driver, after formatting, installing DOS 6.22 and make 2 partitions the computer cannot find the CD-rom Creative 52Xmx. I do not have an install disk with the driver. I want to install XP professional.

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Model: Creative 52Xmx
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rom (reader only)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: CdrWin/version

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If you have DOS 6.22 installed, why are you asking for a Windows XP driver??? If you have DOS 6.22 installed, you don't need a Windows XP driver, you need a DOS driver to enable the drive.

Windows XP (if installed and running) doesn't require a driver. It provides it's own support for optical drives.

The only way (short of a DOS driver) is to have a system that supports booting from an optical drive. It doesn't sound like you have such a system. Some older systems just didn't have the optical drive booting option.

Thank you Jerry K, i was intend to install XP professional. And i have installed DOS 6.22 but for some reason my creative 52Xmx CD rom is not recognized by the DOS version that i have. Is it possible to connect the HD to an another PC and install this way XP? Greetz from Belgium Jempi56

Like I said earlier, if you have dos installed and running you will need dos drivers (not Windows drivers). ie: mscdex.exe and xxxxx.sys. These files are on just about every boot disk made. If you don't have one you can get it at www.bootdisk.com