Sorry for the confusion Digerati. I guess I am living up to my name and status.

I did as you instructed. When I booted up, the wizard had a message which said...

"Cannot start this hardware"

"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware." " The drive may be corrupt or missing. (Code 39)."

Single, Master and Slave Drives and Jumpering

PC Hell: How to Fix Error Code 39 with DVD or CD-ROM drive in Windows XP/Vista

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device

Hmmm, I did not get notified of your reply, Not - fortunately, Dan picked up where we left off.