Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: LG Electronics
Model: GCR-852
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rom (reader only)
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=591&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=GCR-852&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=LG+Electronics+CD+%2F+DVD++GCR-852+Windows+XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer LG Electronics (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=591)

Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Win95 up. Windows XP provides native support that allows an optical drive to read a data or music disk with only the support provided by the OS.


Easy Fix:
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.