You don't install drivers for an optical drive....Windows does it for you automatically without user intervention. Like I said in an earlier post, optical drives are plug and play in Windows XP.
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/showth...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 procedure automatically for you if you're afraid to edit the registry manually.
Alternately, download and install the DVD fix from the Web site below.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_cd_dvd_fix.vbs
After performing this registry fix, just reboot the pc. Now your drive should be visible in My Computer and work properly.