Hi again all, I was trying the device upgrade wizzard for the cd-rom drive and since a suitable driver was found, I told windows to reinstall the current driver. Upon clicking finish, I got the following error Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard CD-ROM Drive An error occurred during the installation of the device The data is invalid. To close this wizard, click Finish. < Back Finish Cancel
A google search pointed me to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B841567 The article applies to windows xp though. The relevant extract from setupapi.log is given below. [2006/09/15 07:02:37 224.564] Set selected driver. Searching for hardware ID(s): ide\cdromasus_crw-5232a4_________________________1.00____,ide\asus_crw-5232a 4_________________________1.00____,ide\cdromasus_crw-5232a4_________________ ________,asus_crw-5232a4_________________________1.00____,gencdrom Searching for compatible ID(s): gencdrom Enumerating files C:\WINNT\inf\*.inf Found GenCdRom in C:\WINNT\inf\cdrom.inf; Device: CD-ROM Drive; Driver: CD-ROM Drive; Provider: Microsoft; Mfg: (Standard CD-ROM drives); Section: cdrom_install Decorated section name: cdrom_install Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV. Selected driver installs from section cdrom_install in c:\winnt\inf\cdrom.inf. Changed class GUID of device to {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. Set selected driver. Selected best compatible driver. Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES. Doing copy-only install of IDE\CDROMASUS_CRW-5232A4_________________________1.00____\5&8932DC6&0&0.0.0. Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS. Registering Co-Installers caused error: Error 13: The data is invalid. Completed default installer, error: Error 13: The data is invalid. I cannot post the verbose version of the log due to list posting size limitations. You can view the complete background information at http://www.theemptyvessel.info/index.php/2006/09/10/a-computer-glitch/ Pranav -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
