HP DVD Writer 840b Drivers

Having problems with my DVD Writer and i want to go back to the initial driver and start over. I have the latest update from hp but it hasnt fixed the problem.
The writer isn't writing on the cd, it says that it is but nothing shows when I try to view the files afterwards. I have a M7300e Media center PC ver. 2002 running XP with Service Pack 3. The DVD Writer is an HP DVD Writer 840b with a AMD 64 Processor and 3 gig of ram and 176 Gig of free space on the hard drive. The dvd drive may just have gone bad, but i want to salvage it if i can.
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Try:
Removing Upper and Lower Filters
Step 1:
Click
Start > type "regedit" in the Start Search box, and then click "regedit" in the Programs list.
Locate, and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
right-click UpperFilters, and then click Delete.
right-click LowerFilters, and then click Delete.
Step 2:
Click
Start, Right click on Computer and go to Manage, then in Computer Management, click Device Manager
Click
the "+" next to DVD/CDROM Drives and Right Click and Uninstall the Driver
and check "Delete the driver software for this device" and click Uninstall
Restart and Test the Drive ...

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Try:
Removing Upper and Lower Filters
Step 1:
Click
Start > type "regedit" in the Start Search box, and then click "regedit" in the Programs list.
Locate, and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
right-click UpperFilters, and then click Delete.
right-click LowerFilters, and then click Delete.
Step 2:
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You may please try the following steps
1) Close all open programs
2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter
3) Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4) This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.
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LowerFilters
UpperFilters.bak
LowerFilters.bak
5) If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete
6) After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor
7) Reboot your computer
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