I recently sent my compuiter out to be repaired and a new hard drive was installed. Now that I have that, all of m old files and everything were wiped out. I MANAGED to replace everything, except for my CD-R drive. The HARDWARE is still in the computer. for what I can tell it is connected (a light comes on when I open or close the drive) however the CD-R drive cannot be found anywhere on my comptuer. When I open my computer the only drive LISTED is my c-drive, my- a (floppy) and d- my cd-rom but there is no drive- E which used to be used to be my burner. I have tried to click add new hardware but it cannot find anything, and I do not still have the installation disk that came with the burner, or even remeber what type of burner it is. My OS is windows xp and any help would be soooo greatly appreciated. Thanks!I wouldn't worry about the driver, Windows XP should find it with no problems.  What you need to do first, is open the case and make sure there is an IDE cable attached the CD drive.  It should be a flat cable about 1.5 inches wide.  You'll see the same type of cable connected to your hard drive.  If that is already connected, pull the cable off and try to reseat it.  If that all FAILS, go into your BIOS and make sure it's detected in there and that your primary/secondary IDE controllers are all enabled (since I don't know which one your CD drive is going to be connected to).  Let me know if that helps.  If you need additional assistance, you can reach me at ResourcePC.

Dave