I lost my cd rom icon in My Computer, there also is nothing listed in device manager? I tryed adding new harware and nothing? I tryed looking in bios and it is listed as secondary master. I here the cd rom spin but i cannot access it from anywhere. please give step by step instructions as my kids are yelling for there comuter.

1. Click Start, then Run, then enter REGEDIT to open the Registry Editor 2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry 3. Under the Class entry, double click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} 4. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the UpperFilters entry 5. Make sure the UpperFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes. 6. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the LowerFilters entry 7. Make sure the LowerFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes. 8. Close the Registry Editor by clicking File, Exit. Search Engines Are Your Friends ☺ Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. "The Matrix"

This may apply too: NOIDE

thanks guys it worked as you stated. Now I have another problem. I installed the recovery disk in the A drive and wanted to format my computer without losing files. When it asked me to install the windows CD which I didn't have (stupid me) I lost the windows operating system. Now with no operating system my computer is dead HELP!!

Hi BMW, Zenith, DAVEINCAPS, hi everyone To be continued/followed up here: No windows, just black (http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/169312.html) Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

Hey guys my computer has the same problem but i can't find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry can anyone give me tips on how to fix this problem?

I believe that particular key location is for XP. For 98 (and maybe 95) go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321122 and click down to 'microsoft windows 2000 or microsoft windows 98' for that particular fix. However, try right clicking on MY COMPUTER, go down to PROPERTIES and click on 'PERFORMANCE'. Does it show the cdrom in msdos compatibility mode? If so, that's a different fix.