Hi, I'm trying to install a Pioneer dvr-1910ls to replace my Samsung dvd-r drive. My computer won't recognize the new drive, either with the device manager or the hardware wizard, and keeps insisting the Samsung drive is still installed. I can't find any drivers for the new drive, and I don't know what else to do to try to get my computer to recognize the drive. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Model: dvr-1910ls
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: < 6 months 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?: Nero/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=822&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=0.5&qm0=dvr-1910ls&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++dvr-1910ls+Windows+XP+Professional+) | Research manufacturer Pioneer USA (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=822)

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

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)

After performing this registry fix, just reboot the pc. Now your drive should be visible in My Computer and work properly.

I did all of the following on post 24, yet I still cannot find it anywhere.