1) Your drive may be dead or dying, boot to a Win98 bootdisk with a CD in the CDRW drive and see if you can access the files.
2) Scan your computer with Spybot/Adaware/Housecall, and remove any pests that may be lurking about.
I am a newbie and I have a problem with my CDR/RW...It dont want to work. I start up the computer and nothing happens with it. Ive tried uninstalling it and reinstalling to no avail. I click and try to open the E drive and it tells me theres an error with I/O device(please tell me what that means!!) Ive checked device manager and it tells me the CD_R/RW is working properly. If I replace the CD-R/RW with a new on would it solve the problem?? Also my screen freezes up every minute for about ten seconds does that have anything to do with it? Answers will be appreciated!!

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