Ok- did that with my dad (tech man... Thank goodness!)
I do have a "!" and after a bit of digging, itturns out the driver:
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-861H ATA Device
Is the problem.
Found a microsoft page on it (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 ) and am going to follow the instructions and see how it goes. I'll tell if it worked or not :)
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