Downloading of ITunes causes E: & F: drives (CD/DVD) to become unrecognized

I bought an IPOD Classic (120GB) this week. I tried to open my existing ITunes and it would not open. So, I downloaded an updated version of ITunes. It opened. Then I went to use my CD and/or DVD drives (E: and F:) to copy a CD to ITunes and the E: and F: drives were no longer recognized. I tried restoring my computer to before the download and my missing drives reappeared. So, I tried downloading again. I lost the E: and F: drives again. How can I download the current software to run ITunes without losing my E: and F: drives. I have no way to copy my CDs to Itunes without them. My computer runs on Windows XP, Service Pack 3.
Please help.

I found this in an existing post and it still works. Drives still recognized and no errors when starting itunes.
"eric:
That above posted link doesnt seem to work anymore. Here is the new link to thier downloads.
http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/drivers.cfm
Downloading the first one listed (NOT the beta versions) worked like a champ
Posted by eric | January 4, 2006 9:00 AM
Posted on January 4, 2006 09:00"

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