I need the driver for CD R writer for my laptop.

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: DELL
Model: CD WRITER
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-r (cd-r burner & cd-rom)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Easy Cd Creator/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=0&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=CD+WRITER&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=DELL+CD+%2F+DVD+DELL+CD+WRITER+Windows+XP+Profes sional+)

Optical drives never require a driver when used in Windows XP. The OS provides support that allow this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk.

Is the drive missing from My Computer and Device Manager? If so follow these directions:

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.

If this doesn'tr apply to your problem, please give us details of your problem.