DVD writer not recognised

This is driving me crazy. I'm running XP with 2 hard drives as IDE Primary
Master and Secondary Master. I've had a DVD writer running as Primary Slave
until it died. I installed a new LG DVD writer as Primary Slave and for a
while it worked fine. Then I got all kinds of problems with any of the drives
or the writer not being recognised, PC locking up on the Windows XP screen,
restarting itself, all kinds of issues. I discovered that by removing the LG
drive everything booted up OK. Then I tried putting the LG drive as Primary
Master, and the 2 hard drives on the secondary IDE, and everything was
sorted! For 48 hours....

After numerous uses of the PC with no problem, the problem has come back. On
boot up, the DVD writer is not detected, and when the PC eventually boots
fully, I cannot access it.

I am at my wits end. The LG drive has been reported on the net as having
some issues with being recognised, but the problem is intermittent.

ANY help appreciated!

Steve

stjon <stjon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am at my wits end. The LG drive has been reported on the net as having
>some issues with being recognised, but the problem is intermittent.

I think in your case it looks as if the problem is more "intermittent"
than normal.

Sorry Grumpy - what's your point?

Steve

"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:

> stjon <stjon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am at my wits end. The LG drive has been reported on the net as having
> >some issues with being recognised, but the problem is intermittent.
>
> I think in your case it looks as if the problem is more "intermittent"
> than normal.
>

stjon <stjon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Sorry Grumpy - what's your point?

It's the drive