After a resinstallation of XP the device stopped working. So I think that the driver got corrupted during the resintall, so now I need it to resintall it and get the Dvd/CD back on track again.

Cesar

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Model: DVD/CD writer DVR-710
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, &amp; cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Other (Other: none)

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=822&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=2&qm0=DVD%2FCD+writer+DVR-710&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Pioneer+USA+CD+%2F+DVD++DVD%2FCD+writer+DVR-710+Windows+XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer Pioneer USA (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=822)

You don't install an optical drive.... Windows XP installs it for you. An optical drive is not like other hardware that requires a driver. XP also doesn't notify you when the drive is installed. You won't even know it has been installed until you look in My Computer and see it listed there. If it's not then you have a problem that must be corrected first. The most common cause of an optical drive not appearing in My Computer is because of a registry quirk that's very common to Windows XP.

If your problem is non-detection, please read post #24 in this thread: http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=21669&page=4

It contains instructions on the delete the upper and lower filters fix

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.


And here's another method that will do this 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)

Once this registry fix has been performed, reboot the machine and the drive should now appear in My Computer as well as Device Manager.

If you have a problem other than non-detection, you need to tell us about it.