i was getting errors was using my cd burning software so i decided to uninstall it and then reinstall to see if that would clear up the problem. when i did the uninstall i lost the drivers on both of my drives. i have tried uninstalling and reinstalling them both but no luck. i would have thought they would be plug and play. i ran the troubleshooter in the device manager and it says there has been an error in the registry.. is there any way i can solve this without starting from scratch and reinstalling the os. by the way i am running xp pro. thanks for any advice in advance.:frown: