Originally posted by paul cunningham:
If the CD is on a different cable you could try putting it on the same one as thr hard drive, although you will need to set the jumpers on the CD to slave.

Alternatively try a new cable !
Thanks Paul! The cd is already a slave and the hard drive works, but I am going to check the bios next. This site has been very helpful for me. I've had some quirky thing go on with this computer So its been a mystery for most of the time I've hade it.