| Your computer had been working just fine but | | | | There is no troubleshooting available if your |
| the sudden helplessness that has set in due | | | | registry is corrupted. The only way to work |
| to the inability to access the CD or DVD | | | | around this is by modifying the registry |
| drive has put you off. As far as you remotely | | | | which is in itself a risky ordeal because one |
| remember, you had done everything right | | | | discrepancy caused while implementing this |
| starting from a proper shut down of the | | | | task can cost you a lifetime worth of data. |
| system to checking its drivers not to forget | | | | |
| installing the best anti-virus software too. | | | | These error messages are all case in pointers |
| Then what went wrong? | | | | to the fact that your registry needs |
| | | | modification leaving you with no other option |
| Immediately after having removed a program | | | | but to attempt this task. If you are a |
| from the computer, have you started | | | | beginner and not too sure, don't attempt it |
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| that reads thus: "error code 31". All you can | | | | reinstall the operating system deleting all |
| remember is having removed a CD recording | | | | the important data if it has been stored in |
| program or a DVD recording program in your | | | | the primary partition along with the |
| Windows XP. | | | | Operating system. |
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| Thank God! You are not the only person who | | | | Under the given circumstances the above |
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| complained about a similar error. This is a | | | | entries are removed through effective |
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| you try to vew the CD drive or the DVD drive | | | | uninstall all CD recording or CD writing |
| in the Device Manager. In this case the | | | | programs before embarking on the task. These |
| errors that you are likely to confront are as | | | | can be reinstalled after the resolution has |
| follows: | | | | come by. Once this is successfully carried |
| | | | out, restart the computer and you can be rest |
| 1. The device is not working properly because | | | | assured that your problem would vanish into |
| Windows cannot load the drivers required for | | | | thin air but if you have messed up in between |
| this device (Code 31). | | | | and lamenting over your hastiness and the |
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| hardware device. (Code 41) | | | | has suffered deletion. |
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