my me tiny comp has a black screen saying CDR101:Not ready reading drive Y Abort, Retry,Fail? abort takes me to 1.second chance (which when pressed its saying it isnt installed on my computer,even though it is) or 2.restore when pressed the same black screen and message appears....... or 3.return to prompt command I have A:\> and dont know what to type in ...............please help...... thanks :)

You have a problem with a CD-ROM drive. Looks like a dos problem but you are in a Win ME forum.Is your PC running dos or Windows?If you are running dos check that config.sys loads the CD-Rom driver and that autoexec.bat starts Mscdex: you need both lines working together.

I know very little about comps...it arrived as windows me ..........does that help ? if not how do i check it out and what do I do then ? thanks from Sarah

Hi Sarah. This is what that line means - "CDR101: Not ready reading drive X" There is no disc in the CD-ROM drive, you are trying to access the wrong drive, the disc may be bad or the tray may be open. (The indicator should light green when a disc is present.) Can you boot up in Safe Mode? Press and hold F8 during boot up. It will display a menu with multiple boot up choices - 'Normal,' 'Safe mode,' or 'Command prompt only' (DOS mode). Choose 'Safe mode'. To see if your CD drive is installed go to - Start Settings Control Panel System Device Manager (You should see the following if a CD drive is installed ) click on plus sign next to CDROM click on name of CD Drive Properties Settings Reserved Drive Letter - see what drive letter has been assigned to the CD drive. If you need to install drivers for the CD drive - Start Settings Control Panel Add New Hardware Following the instructions in the menus. Take care, Linda