Yes,

My thoughts as well. Perhaps looking to avoid that, as it can be a knuckle
buster.

But, I am now on my 3rd drive, 2nd manufacturer, and still trying to figure
it out.

Does it get easier once I get to XP? sigh

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I don't think it's necessarily a driver problem since you've confirmed
that you have another optical drive working fine but it could be the
controller on the motherboard. Assuming that it is an IDE/ATA drive have
you tried switching from master to slave (or vice versa) or swapping to
the other controller?
--
Mike Maltby



ng_reader wrote:

Oh yeah, that was my first thought.

In fact I returned the drive to my retailer with that same thought
process.

But, going through the same machinations led to the same results. So,
it's not the drive.

I want to believe it's a driver issue. But cannot find any
corroborating information.