-----Original Message-----
Control Panel | System | Device Manager. What do you see
in the section
CD-ROM? Is your CD-ROM listed? If not then the CD
possibly isn't being
detected by your bios when you switch on your PC. Can
you see your CD-ROM in
the list of devices detected by the BIOS when you first
switch on your PC -
the black and white plain text screen before Win Me is
started?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Hi Mike,

When I go into my device manager there is no CD ROM listed
at all. And as far as when I turn my computer on I don't
seem to have everything list in black and white. So I'm
not sure if it is listed in my BIOS. But if it is listed
in my BIOS but not being detected anywhere else what can I
do? I do know the CD drive is still working because I
have tried redownloading WindowsME to see if it would make
a difference and it works then but only when starting
using the WindowsME startup diskette and the CD. But after
running WindowsME I'm back to not being able to use my cd
drive. I just don't know if this is fixable but I'm lost
without being able to use the CD drive where as I am
unable to load any other software. I have even tried
replacing the cd drive with another I had in the house but
no change.

Thanks for trying to help me

Shelly