Optical drive no longer available before installing iTunes

Before installing iTunes and reeboting the computer, the optical drive dissapears from the system. It´s neccesary to reinstall the operating system to have access to it.
I believe that Roxio´s Easy CD Creator and iTunes may have any kind of conflict.
Any ideas?
Thanks

If you have XP you can use this : http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scriptsdesc/xp_cd_dvdfix.htm
but actually, unless you have some compelling need for Roxio I suggest you dump it.
If XP and iTunes can't handle all your burning needs then a program like Imgburn or CDburnerXP can be use in addition.

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