Thanks. Actually, "My Computer" window would not respond, then when I clicked the upper right x to close, my desktop went to black (I have this as my background color) and after about 2 minutes desktop icons would come back on. I will take your advice and open up all my windows first before starting Xaamp. Judith __________ As a general rule, there are many parts of a web server that have to load for the whole thing to work. If you fire up Xaamp first, the computer's resources are pretty much dedicated to carrying out that task of opening up and registering all of the related modules until it's done. During this time, other apps will have difficulty getting the system's attention. Understanding this means you'll normally want to open up other windows prior to opening up the server software. On the other hand, those drives should eventually show up if you wait long enough. Peace, Gman --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------