Sorry for the late update but i just used my system restore to a week ago
when I am sure everything was working fine but to no avail.
"Lildevil" <notthistime@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 5 year old Gateway , 1 gmhz, 512m Ram, Windows XP upgraded from
>ME.
> All of a sudden when I click on Start/My Computer the icons that used to
> be there showing my Plextor DVD Drive/Burner and my DVD/CD drive have
> disappeared.
>
> I have run Spybot/Lavasoft/Norton/Microsoft Beta/spyhunter and feel
> resonably comfortable the machine is clean.
> I have restarted over and over. I have Shut Down and turned off power from
> the wall to no avail
>
> And to add to this for some strange reason my "hide inactive icons'
> feature will not function even tho the appropriate box is checked.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions? I really would like to have the icons for my
> drives show up in My computer.
>
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