Why does itune download delete my disc drive

when i download itunes soft wear for my ipod nano it appears to delete my disc drive. then i reinstall my disc drive and it deletes parts of the itunes software. then i reinstall itunes and around and around in circles i go depending on which program i want to use. surely there must be a way of having both my disc drive available when i want to listen to a CD that is not in my library or watch a DVD and still have a fully working itunes for storing music, syncing to my nano and burning CD's? can anyone 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?? The conflict appears to be 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 seems 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, YES 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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