Not sure why but my laptop quit seeing my DVD drive. I checked the device manager and it shows but has the yellow warning sign and when I click on it it says "Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)" I did the driver update and it said it's the correct version. Any ideas or suggestions.

I had a similar error a long time ago. Some how a registry value got changed. All I had to do was run editreg a put the value back. The trick is now which value to change and what it should be chnaged to. What kind of computer is it?

Try this............



•Click Start > Control Panel > Device Manager
•Upon loading Device Manager, locate the hardware component with the "Yellow Exclamation Mark" icon by it
•Right-click this device and then press "Uninstall"
•This will remove the hardware from Windows
•Momentarily, your PC will say it has found new hardware - let it install any new drivers it needs to run this hardware
•This should resolve most cases of the 37 error code

Also did windows do a update before this happened? If so you might try system restore to a date before the update.
Good luck!

I had a similar error a long time ago. Some how a registry value got changed. All I had to do was run editreg a put the value back. The trick is now which value to change and what it should be chnaged to. What kind of computer is it?

Toshiba laptop

Try this............



•Click Start > Control Panel > Device Manager
•Upon loading Device Manager, locate the hardware component with the "Yellow Exclamation Mark" icon by it
•Right-click this device and then press "Uninstall"
•This will remove the hardware from Windows
•Momentarily, your PC will say it has found new hardware - let it install any new drivers it needs to run this hardware
•This should resolve most cases of the 37 error code

Also did windows do a update before this happened? If so you might try system restore to a date before the update.
Good luck!

Tried that and it said failed to install properly :mad:

Solved the problem. I have Wise registry cleaner and Wise dick cleaner in stalled. I did a restore on both of them and it re-appeared :)

Glad you got it back Roadhawg - the laptop I had the same problem with was also a Toshiba.

Solved the problem. I have Wise registry cleaner and Wise dick cleaner in stalled. I did a restore on both of them and it re-appeared :)

Might wanna do a spell check on the above line lol.

Anyways i use Wise disk and registry cleaner as well as Ccleaner and can vouch for their effectiveness.

Might wanna do a spell check on the above line lol.

Anyways i use Wise disk and registry cleaner as well as Ccleaner and can vouch for their effectiveness.

Guess my spell checker isn't restored yet lol.... I'll loan it to you after I get it going :wink: Thanks for the suggestions !!