"Muzza888" wrote:

> when I put a new cd (or any cd) into the cdrom drive, it does not recognize
> the cd. (It is only a cdrom not a dvdrom and I am using windows xp.) The cd
> drive icon still appears in my computer, but when i click on this, it comes
> up with files that were created for burning to a blank cd a long time ago.
> How can i get the computer to recognize a cd. I cannot insert the original
> windows cds that came with the computer to reload any drivers/software
> because the computer doesn't recognize the cd...

Click on the drive icon. When it opens, look in the pane to the left. Delete
the temporary files. Those files that you created for burning to CD long ago
should now be gone.