DVD ROM is not working on Satellite P300

Im running Vista Home premium and my DVD drive (TS-L633A) is not working on a Satellite P300-18M
when I check in device manager the dvd has a '!' next to it and a error message of 'Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)'
I have tried downloading the latest drivers from the toshiba site and reinstalling it but it still fails. I have removed it from device manager and restarted the laptop but still no joy.
Anyone have any ideas?
Message was edited by: stuckuser

Hey,
I agree what Horwath wrote. I had the same problem few days ago and so I removed the upper and lower filters in registry and restarted the computer. After this I was able again to use my CD/DVD drive :)
I hope it works for you too and any feedback would be nice!

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