CD/DVD device driver not found during Setup

> I may have found an incompatibility between Vista Beta 2 and the NEC DV-5500a
> DVD-ROM drive.
>
> After booting from the DVD, the next screen after clicking Install Now is an
> error saying something like, "CD/DVD drive device driver not found. Please
> insert CD, DVD, USB drive, etc. containing the necessary driver files. It's
> OK to take the Vista DVD out for this step." I don't have a driver disk for
> this drive, so I can't get past this dialog.
>
> Of course, the drive is fine since Setup can get this far. I was able to
> work around this by swapping it for a more recent drive.
>
> An earlier CTP had no issue with this drive.
>
> Thanks.
>
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>I think I discovered an incompatibility with the NEC DV-5500a DVD-ROM drive
> and Windows Vista Beta 2. Doing a clean installation from the bootable
> DVD,
> the screen that comes up after clicking Install Now says something to the
> effect of, "CD/DVD drive device driver not found. Please insert CD, DVD,
> USB
> drive, etc that contains the driver files. It is safe to take the Vista
> DVD
> out of the drive for this step." Since I have no driver files for this
> drive, clicking OK just brings me back to this error dialog. There is no
> way
> to cancel out of this loop.
>
> Of course, it's gotten this far so we know the drive's fine.
>
> Earlier CTP's sailed through this step without issue.
>
> Replacing the drive with a newer one out of a different machine allowed me
> to get through this step successfully.
>
> Thanks.

> Yeah, you can take it out, it won't do any harm.
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> "kenhan" <kenhan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>I think I discovered an incompatibility with the NEC DV-5500a DVD-ROM
>>drive
>> and Windows Vista Beta 2. Doing a clean installation from the bootable
>> DVD,
>> the screen that comes up after clicking Install Now says something to the
>> effect of, "CD/DVD drive device driver not found. Please insert CD, DVD,
>> USB
>> drive, etc that contains the driver files. It is safe to take the Vista
>> DVD
>> out of the drive for this step." Since I have no driver files for this
>> drive, clicking OK just brings me back to this error dialog. There is no
>> way
>> to cancel out of this loop.
>>
>> Of course, it's gotten this far so we know the drive's fine.
>>
>> Earlier CTP's sailed through this step without issue.
>>
>> Replacing the drive with a newer one out of a different machine allowed
>> me
>> to get through this step successfully.
>>
>> Thanks.

>
>

>
> I'm having the same issue with my NEC ND-3500AG DVD R/W, it loads the
> initial image, I click on "Install Now" and it comes back with the error
> message "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing." I'm not certain
> if NEC has any additional drivers (all I was able to find were flash updates
> for the drive.) I know that I can install Windows XP, RedHat Fedora and any
> other OS that I've worked with using this particular drive.

> I'm getting the same error for my Memorex DVD+/-DLRWL16 drive tying to
> install the 64 bit Vista version. I'll try using another drive. I've tried
> two different install DVDs burned on different computers.
> --
> Jeraboam
>
>
>

> Just to update; I tried the 32 bit installer with the Memorex drive and had
> the same error. I swapped the Memorex drive for a Sony DVD RW DW-U18A and
> still got the "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing." error with
> the 64 bit installer.

> You need to check your system carefully.
> Support for ATAPI optical drives is in the base
> of Vista, x86 and x64. If your drive is not
> recognized it could be caused by an old cable or
> something in the BIOS.
>