MY CD Rom icon (D:) is missing in Windows Explorer & also in Device Manager CD Rom Drives is Missing HOw do i get it back ?? PLEASE HELP & SUGGEST !! I tried reloading Windows 98 Even tried reloading the CD rom drivers but no use the CD rom connection is fine & is being detected at start up as tried running it from dos using win98 startup disk It's a Creative Infra CD Rom I also tried doing add new hardware & the re installing the Drivers but no use Now do i have to reload WIN 98 all over again - i got a lotta important data on my HDD PLease Help !! Thank you Regards Shiamak

Look and see if you have a NOIDE entry in your Registry. Go to Start-RUN-Type,REGEDIT-Click, OK. Navigate to the following Key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Currentcontrolset\Services\VXD\IOS Highlight the IOS Key and look in the right pane for a NOIDE entry. If found, Highlight the NOIDE entry, go to EDIT, in the drop down menu select DELETE. Close the Registry Editor and Restart the computer. Providing that the error which caused the NOIDE to appear in the first place, has been corrected, this should return your CD-ROM.