I resently am unable to use my CD drives. I have
replaced my IDE cable And also switched IDE ports. Same
problem on bolth. But if i leave my Media in the drive it
will work until it is ejected I have scaned for virus and
repaird OS no help also when I put in a CD it changes from
DVD to CD-ROM or CD-RW to CD-ROM???????????

Sam, rt click MyComputer>Select Properties>Hardware>Device Manager. Select
DVD/CDRom Drives and Uninstall both. Let WinXP reinstall them on next boot.
"Sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I resently am unable to use my CD drives. I have
> replaced my IDE cable And also switched IDE ports. Same
> problem on bolth. But if i leave my Media in the drive it
> will work until it is ejected I have scaned for virus and
> repaird OS no help also when I put in a CD it changes from
> DVD to CD-ROM or CD-RW to CD-ROM???????????