'I can open the drive now is by re-booting the computer and tapping on the button to open the drive upon re-boot. "
Roxio updated its software because it would lock the door.
As to your other issue, try...
A. FIX XP PICTURE RESIZE Which is...
Start>Run and type REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
B. FIX PREVIEW...?
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/37752/37752.html
Bob
I collect a lot of graphics - jpegs, gifs, etc. and saved them to discs, along with digital photos. I recently went to search for certain photos and they are not showing up in the folders. The folders are there but they are empty. I do have alot of the jpegs and gifs though, but alot of them are not showing up as well.
Also, after inserting a cd, the only way I can open the drive now is by re-booting the computer and tapping on the button to open the drive upon re-boot. This only just started happening with the drive and only recently noticed that not all of my graphics are being displayed on the cd's when I used to access them with no problem.
Any adivice will be appreciated.
Thanks.

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