Hi Donna, did it work before? downloading a new program doing Windows Updates Does it work in Safe mode? CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing after you install= Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q320553 Restore a missing CD or DVD drive http://www.theeldergeek.com/restore_missing_cd_or_dvd_drive.htm Reports have filtered in that CD or DVD drives will suddenly cease to exist= in XP systems. Most often this has been reported in conjunction with= program installations and Windows upgrades, but it has also happened for= no apparent reason. This tweak will restore the missing drives after a= reboot. ++ There is more on the web site. Mike the mod ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 8/18/2005 at 9:19 PM Donna wrote: Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, well i have a question from my daughter. She has windows XP= =3D and her cd rom won't work. Does anyone know what she can try before= shipp=3D ing it to her computer guy. Oh XP is home addition. thanks..Donna -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/