There doesn't appear to be a button/slide/lever on my laptop except for the two that dis-engage the battery but it seems all reference to the drive has disappeared. It doesn't appear in the Device Manager either. I'm stumped. Thanks for the input also Joe but I don't want to do anything too drastic at this time until I've exhausted all the "simple" steps.
I sense that this may all have come about because of the changes I've made both in replacing Vista with XP and in changing the settings in XP in order that Hoster will run to it's fullest potential.
I want to thank you guys for your efforts but I'm going to have to rely in your knowledge and experience further.
Lloyd.
