Virginia Magboo wrote:
>
>        My cd drive, E, was working fine, then suddenly is no longer
> "recognized", that is, I cannot get it to play cd's, and it is not
> listed in any of the "system" listings, eg, My Computer, Device Manager
> etc.
> When I insert a cd, the light flickers briefly, as usual, but then
> nothing. I have a post up about a missing mapi fle, I mention this in
> case it is related, but I suspect not. This happened before, but a
> friend fixed it and I do not remember how (as if I could at this stage).
>
> Virginia Magboo



Friends of mine had the same problem. It turned out that they had a
virus on their system. We used Norton Anti-Virus to remove it and
everything was ok after that. Go figure. Unfortunately, I don't remember
what pointed me in the right direction. Try a virus scan.

Dotty Kelley