Installing itunes disables CD drive...

Every time I install itunes either from disc or online once I then re-boot the CD drive is disabled. The drive is NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A. When checking status of hardware I get following message "windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device(code 41).
The only way to re-install CD drive is to carry out a 'systems restore'.
Please help....

I just started using iTunes acouple weeks ago after I purchased my first iPod. My computer was behaving fine up until I installed iTunes. After the install and a reboot, I could not burn any CD's nor load any music via my DVD/CD Drive. ??? What happened? I right clicked on "My Computer" and the Drive had disappeared from there also. I contacted Dell (under warranty), they shipped me out a new DVD-CD/RW Drive. Same problem, the Drivers for the Drive were in conflict with something(?). Just last night, after 5 evenings with tech support from Dell, and UNINSTALLING iTunes 4 different times. The problem is narrowed down to:
iTunes; after uninstalling iTunes, the DVD-CD-RW Drive appears again. But after a restart, it disappears again. When iTunes is installing itself it is changing Registry Files, what the mystery is: What are iTunes Registry Files CONFLICTING WITH?? It seems to be conflicting with other Disc Burning Software. I'm going to uninstall some other programs tonight and see if that solves my problem. Such as: ROXIO, Windows Movie Maker, a CD-W Backup Program, etc.... Conflict in Registry files might be with them.
I had to order an external harddrive to backup my computer and back up iTunes before the iTunes uninstall, because I could not use my DVD-CD/RW Drive, you will loose rights to your purchased items if you do not backup!!
sorry this is so long, I've been completely obsessed with this problem for the past 2 weeks

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