Harold E. Schumacher, Jr. wrote:
>
> I'm posting this again because I think the thread has gotten
> off-track.  It's not about re-lettering the drive.  All was well
> with the 'puter---a partitioned drive C with D and a CD-ROM as E.
> This friend called and said the CD-ROM wouldn't work anymore;
> nothing had been done to the computer for months.  I guess I thought
> in too simple of terms in that the CD-ROM was bad....it's an old
> 2X.  Not much else to say; was just looking for confirmation that it
> _indeed_ was bad.  Is there any way to check?  Can I answer any
> questions for the list that might help confirm?

I don't know of any CD-ROM diagnostics, but I assume they exist. In the
meantime, you might try swapping a known good drive in to see how it
acts, or likewise put the old 2x in another machine and see what it does
in there. Good luck.

Jeff Delzer