Stephen, First of all welcome! Now to your question at hand, yes you can lose a device using Windows 98. You did not say if you are using Windows 98 or 98 SE. No matter, if you do not see the device using either Windows Explorer or the My Computer Icon, then go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/ and click on Add New Hardware icon. When Windows prompts you about the device in question you can allow Windows to use its own driver for the device if it has one or click on the you have disk button and then use the drivers supplied for your device. If you already see your device installed, I would delete it and reinstall as the driver may have become corrupted for one reason or another. I hope this helps. John F "Yes I am a JW for more than 50 years." -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of stephen R Moore Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:39 AM To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Welcome newbies hi John now is it possible to accidently delete your CD ROM drive off the Windows 98? if not and the drive does not appear could there be a conflict at is coursing the disappearance? THERE IS ONE I have seen it in the device manager regards steve Belper Derbyshire England PS r u a JW ? From: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 13 February 2002 12:09:23 To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Welcome newbies Welcome to all of the new ones. We are here to help sometimes frustrate and at other times we scratch our heads just you have been trying to solve your problem. I am the other "John" on the list so I will always sign as "John F" just so you are not totally confused. I look forward to your questions and most of all your comments in helping others on the list. John F -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Durham Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:30 AM To: PC-Helpers Subject: [pchelpers] Welcome newbies We just a surge of new members on the list (more than we've had for years). I'm not sure why, but suddenly we've got lots of new friends. Here are some of the partial id's. You all know who you are! Big welcome all. I hope you all got your preview copy of my book after joining (it helps to know if everything all works). If you don't know me, I'm the guy that keeps everyone well behaved on this list. Still, in our case I get very little work of that kind. It's great to have you here. I'm curious about one thing. Can you tell me about yourself a little bit, and please give me some idea what gave you the sudden impulse to do it? I'm dying to know. paulnajman danfosborn rraromi stephen rweyer PeterLangford tschultz onefocus99 -- Regards, John Durham <mailto:modec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Classified ad site http://www.spunge.org/~johndurh/cgi-bin/classifieds.cgi?sig Get your free site rotator http://www.ebizrotator.com/goto/JD706.htm Prosper Mail http://www.prospermail.com/id/17841/free.cfm Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/02