Winxp + Nero = No Cd-rom
This is a discussion about Winxp + Nero = No Cd-rom in the Windows Hardware category; For those who installed Nero and now have no CD-ROM drives: After installing WINXP and Nero 5. 5. 5. 1 all my CD-ROM drives were not working. They all showed in Device manager with the yellow !. It said the drivers were there, but the hardware could not be started.
For those who installed Nero and now have no CD-ROM drives:
After installing WINXP and Nero 5.5.5.1 all my CD-ROM drives were not working. They all showed in Device manager with the yellow !. It said the drivers were there, but the hardware could not be started.
I removed Nero and the drives came back. I then installed Nero 5.5.4.0 and it seems to work fine. Upgraded to 5.5.5.1 and the drives were gone again. Guess I'm staying with 5.5.4.0 until it can be resolved.
Just my $.02
After installing WINXP and Nero 5.5.5.1 all my CD-ROM drives were not working. They all showed in Device manager with the yellow !. It said the drivers were there, but the hardware could not be started.
I removed Nero and the drives came back. I then installed Nero 5.5.4.0 and it seems to work fine. Upgraded to 5.5.5.1 and the drives were gone again. Guess I'm staying with 5.5.4.0 until it can be resolved.
Just my $.02
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I am running Win XP with CloneCD, Easy CD Creator 5.02b, CDrWin4.0b, and the I installed Nero 5.5.5.6. That instantly screwed up my system. I had the same problems as those of you above who lose the ability to use ANY of their CD-Rom drives. Same thing here --> they show up in the device manager w/yellow marks , but my system couldn't find them. I had to re-install Win XP because just un-installing Nero didn't work. Best advice I can give (which I got from a few very smart experts) is not to use any Nero above 5.5.4.0. Both Nero's 5.5.5.1 and 5.5.5.6 WILL most likely screw up your system, big-time!! ***** the Cat (WTC=software GOD) from The Software Cracking Forum said if you have to use Nero, only use 5.5.4.0!
Goodluck all
Goodluck all
I use a combination of CloneCD and EasyCd Creator (without any updates, I have em just not installed em). And this works fine for me in Windows XP.
