Hi Sandi, It's a new computer- Gateway with Windows XP. Nothing was happening; no light came on, nothing was being read in the drive, and it didn't show up under My Computer or under Device Manager. Funny thing is - it was showing up before. I don't know if I clicked on something to make it go away by accident or what. I tried to reboot a few times, still didn't come back. But my husband told me the next day after completely shutting down the computer and turning it on again, it came back. Does that make any sense? Lisa -----Original Message----- From: pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Huntress Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:01 PM To: pcductape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pcductape] Re: CD Rom doesn't show up under MyComputer or under Hardware Does the light come on and flash when you put in a disk? If not check or swap the power connection. Is this a new installation? More info needed. :-) Sandi Owner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PC-Ductape/ http://pc-ductape.home.comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa <mailto:lars2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Schnepf To: Lisa Schnepf <mailto:lars2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 3:08 PM Subject: [pcductape] CD Rom doesn't show up under MyComputer or under Hardware I have two CD Rom drives- the first one is a CDR/DVDR combo drive. The second one is a CD Rom drive. The CD Rom drive doesn't show up under MyComputer and it isn't working. Does anyone know why that would happen or how to get it back? Thanks. ~Lisa~ Just remember.....If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off......