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"liam" <liam70@mediaone.net> wrote in message
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> Help
>
> I recently installed a cd-rw. It was working fine until I started
> copying some files to disc and my computer locked up. I rebooted, then
> upon entering windows, I recieved errors stating there was problems with
> my registry. I attempted to go into regedit but couldn't even access any
> folders there. I was forced to re-install windows. Since then, when I
> attach my CD-RW or even a CD-ROM my computer is slow and I cannot access
> the drive letter where the CD drive is located. If I disconnect the CD
> drive, the computer works fine. I don't know what the problem is. My CD
> drive is located on the secondary IDE of the motherboard. Whenever I
> connect to it, the system slows down and I cannot access the drive.
> Anyone know what this may be??? Please reply.
>
> --
>     Thanks,
>            Billy

First thing that I would check is the master/slave/cs jumper of the CDRW
drive. After that I'd hunt through the BIOS settings to see if anything is
there that is slowing things down with regards to the drive.