Windows XP lost cdrom drivers

Heya

Having a bit of trouble with my old machine. It has, all of a sudden, started claiming it cannot find drivers for either the LG CED-8080b CD-RW or the Samsung DVD rom that have worked in it perfectly for some time. I have tried uninstalling both, and windows XP cannot seem to find the old drivers that it used before. I am, as you probably guessed, lacking the drivers for the two devices.

It's an AMD K62 475mhz w/ 128 SDRAM, running widows XP pro.

Very odd. If anyone could help me find out why it's doing this, or point me in the direction of a good database for drivers (neither website carries drivers for either anymore) I would be most grateful.

Cheers

you shouldnt really need drivers for either. try restoring your system to a point where they worked. if you still cannot see the devices then it might mean the controller died on your mobo.

system restore - good idea. i'll go check that out.

My sister (who uses the computer) says she doesn't know when the two devices stopped working (she is a technophobe). I system restored about 2 weeks into the past to no avail. What can i do about a bust controller?

restore back as far as you can [ i think XP keeps 3 months or so] and check if the devices show up .you can always bring it back to present with a more recent restore. make sure that the devices are detected in the bios of your mobo. if not, you will probably have to replace the motherboard for a broken controller.