Remote drive not recognized by lap top

Question

My Dell Inspiron 510m does not recognize the remote DVD drive I have connected. The drive is a Sony DVD - RW/ -R Model DRX-530UL. The date on the drive is Feb 2004. I know that my Dell has its own DVD drive which reads and writes, but it is a little slow. The instructions sheet that came with the drive says I should download the USB 2.0 driver. My operating system is Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2.