IDE tape-drive not recognised

Actually the thing is recognized just fine in the BIOS. I can see it and my DVD-RW hooked up when I boot. But when I get into WinXP; 9 out of 10 times (if that) I don't see the tape drive. And when I do; Retrospect doesn't get a response from it.
I suppose this could be a WinXP issue; but the same tape drive was recognized with WinXp SP2 on the system this new one replaced without a hitch. Could this have something to do with the Nvidia IDE drivers I installed shortly after installing WinXP?
Oh yes..almost forgot. I'm talking about K8N Neo2 board
TIA

You mean uninstall the Nvidia IDE drivers?
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