CD Drive Cannot Be Dectected

Hello, my LG 8160B is not working properly because when i after reinstalled windows xp, i also installed the CD recording software which came with the drive. Not long after, I uninstalled the program and now the computer can't use the drive. It doesn't show up in the My Computer page. When i open device manager, it says :
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

I have already tried to reinstall the cd recording software but it can't be detected since the cd drive doesn't work. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the hardware and the windows troubleshooter but nothing works. I think that the directcd.exe might be needed but i can't find a source to download it.

Thanks a lot for your help! I really appreciate it ))))))))

 

You don't need to install anything for a CD Drive as it will be detected and installed automajically. Did you try accessing a CD in SafeMode to see if you can get the drive to work? Also did you uninstall the drive in Device Manager and re-start the computer to have it re-detected?