HI Mike

I have gone into my setup and I have an IBM and I press F1
and it does show me in my sytem summary that CD-ROM Drive
is installed. So for some strange reason it is installed
and it does work because yes I have reinstalled windowsME
(thanks for correcting me..lol..) using the Floppy and CD.
But I can't find it when I am using windowsME. I'm about
to give up on these computers..I have only been really
using them for about two years and I thought I've learned
alot but apparently not. Well I'm grateful for all the
help you've given me. If you'd like to respond you may
either email me or reply on here and I will check back
soon. And where are you from that it was 2A.M. if you
don't mind me asking? I'm in Rhode Island. Thanks again.

Shelly
-----Original Message-----
If you don't see a CD-ROM entry in the Device Manger this
would suggest that
your bios is not seeing your hardware. The reason could
be as simple as a
detached cable. However you say you know it is working
because you have tried
downloading Win Me. I assume from that that you mean you
tried reinstalling
Win Me from the CD after booting to DOS using a floppy.
This should mean that
it is being detected by the bios so I don't really
understand why the Device
Manager can't see it.

You can check the bios settings by going into the bios
setup when you first
boot your PC. How to access the bios varies from
manufacturer to manufacturer
but the required key stroke(s) are usually displayed on
the initial screen
when the system first boots which is the time when you
can access the bios.
You cannot do so once the system has booted.

The specific key sequence is dependent upon the BIOS
vendor and/or PC
manufacturer. Some common combinations include ....
F1
F2
Del
or less often,
Ctrl + Alt + Esc
Ctrl + Alt + Ins
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

PS It's late here (gone 2.a.m.) so I probably won't be
able to respond to any
follow up until tomorrow.




wrote:

When I go into my device manager there is no CD ROM
listed
at all. And as far as when I turn my computer on I
don't
seem to have everything list in black and white. So I'm
not sure if it is listed in my BIOS. But if it is
listed
in my BIOS but not being detected anywhere else what
can I
do? I do know the CD drive is still working because I
have tried redownloading WindowsME to see if it would
make
a difference and it works then but only when starting
using the WindowsME startup diskette and the CD. But
after
running WindowsME I'm back to not being able to use my
cd
drive. I just don't know if this is fixable but I'm
lost
without being able to use the CD drive where as I am
unable to load any other software. I have even tried
replacing the cd drive with another I had in the house
but
no change.

Thanks for trying to help me

Shelly


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