> As a follow up to my question, I have tried several different CD's in the
> drive including the original Windows 98 CD.  I thought I had read it was
> bad to use cleaning kits on CD-ROM drives.  Is this worth a try?

        Well you can't make it much worse! :) Although I have never needed to use a
cleaning kit on a CDROM I know some people who have, and it helped their
drives well. I recommend though that you stay away from the "bargain"
cleaners. I have had to clean one of my CD players (a top loading boom box)
which wouldn't read any CDs any more, after the clean it worked perfectly.
Good luck, TTYL

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