Go into device manager to highlight and remove the device.  If it is just a CD-ROM it will not have any software for you to install or remove.  Then do a shutdown/restart.  Win Me should reinstall it.  Another possibility is that something was added to your computer and is conflicting with your CD's IRQ.  Check again in device manager, properties, settings.

>
>
>I have a strange problem with my CD-Rom.  My Dell is just over a year =
>old and was fully operational until one day when the CD drive just would =
>not work.  I noticed it first with an audio cd but it will not recognize =
>any cd.  Even though the system tells me that the drive is working =
>properly, it also says that the cd drive is empty.  The OS is Windows =
>ME.
>
>I am afraid that my grandson may have changed some settings but he says =
>he did not.  Oddly enough, in the properties I found that it was marked =
>disconnect.  I removed the check mark but when I looked the next time it =
>would not work, it was re-marked disconnect.
>
>

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