Windows automatically loads this on startup, so you might want to try going to device manager and removing them, then doing a restart. Also, try looking in device manager in safe mode to see if you have multiple entries for your CD's and for your primary and secondary IDE channels. If there are multiple entries you need to remove them all so Windows will properly load only one for each on a restart.

>You might want to check to see if your device manager has an entry for an IDE
>controller I believe there should also be an entry for a dual FIFO i have
>seen a computer stop seeing a CDROM after this is missing. You might want to
>see if your does if not try to add it through the control panel and add new
>hardware.
>
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