Hi Joan Ann, I would have thought this was normal. I get this all the time when I place a blank CD into my CD CDRW drive it won't register till some files are burned onto it then it works. Of course if windows XP comes up with a screen that prompts you to open up a blank CD in order for files and folders to be added to that drive that is different as it uses a different approach but generally you can't go into say "my computer" and open up a blank CD that way. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joan Ann Brosnan Sent: 09 February 2007 13:11 To: vics Subject: [vicsireland] CD problem Hi all I am experiencing a strange problem with my CD-ROM drive. I can play CD's and review tracks in windows explorer with no problems but, if I put a blank CD into the drive and go too windows explorer and choose the D drive, it tells me that "D:\ is not accessible unknown function". Could it be a problem with the CD's I am using? The strange thing is I have tried this using CD's from 2 different boxes. Thanks for any help Joan Ann