Hi A friend of mine has Windows XP Home edition the cds won't initialize in the cdrom anymore we went into Systems - devices it is enabled I was thinking I would have to go into the bios to see if the cdrom is enabled --or is on auto I am still running windows 2000 pro-- He used to put the cds in and they would start up right away but now it won't do it anymore Have you got any suggestions? Thanks -- Jackie Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.