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Re: Writing Drivers For ide devices

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Originally Posted by datatab1
I can't and am not willing to buy the windows DDK to build drivers just for one 56X cd drive. Any assistance would be appreciated.
How much is your time worth? How badly do you want to learn to write drivers?

If your time is worth more then a few pennies an hour, it would be much cheaper to buy a new CD-ROM drive. They run $20-$30 new and for not much more you can get a burner.

If you really want to learn to write drivers, there are probably much easier ways to learn. You should start with something you have specs on. You should also buy a good book, which would, of course, cost more then a new CD-ROM drive. You'd also want to buy the DDK.