Do you have Nero or any of its components on your system? Anything by Ahead software (the manufacturer of Nero)?
If you do, I found there was a problem with the ASPI driver that I was referred to. I needed the nero set and there is a link in a post under Hoster that I finally sorted out.
As I understand your problem now, you can't see the Burning Drive, right?
Some other things to consider before we look at the ASPI thing:
Right Mouse Click on "MY COMPUTER" not the short cut but the one in your START menu.
From there choose, PROPERTIES select the Hardware Tab, click the Device Manager and locate "Universal Serial Bus Controllers"
press the "+" button and then double-click on the USB Root Hub that your USB CD Burner is plugged into. select the "Power Management" tab and make certain that "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is UN-Checked, then OK and Close.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes your mouse or other USB devices will shut down on you? Stop working? In games, sometime when this option is on, a USB joystick will turn off and not be usable in the game.
In Microstudio, if the device is shut off or shutting down, that could cause it not be seen in Windows.
Check towards the bottom of this thread to find the FTP for the Nero ASPI Driver BUT only if you have NERO or had it installed on this system at some point. If you EVER had NERO on this system, this should help as well. Then use the DEFAULT aspi drivers.
http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2485
I hope something here helps