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Thanks Noo I did the system restore and page file thing anyway and it was very easy and as I was doing it things started to come back to me and I did not have to look at your post to do the reverse after rebooting. Access seems now almost instant.

I prefer the drive letters as they are so if it's not going to make any difference I will leave it. They are C system partition XP Pro, D DVDR-RW drive, E CDR-RW DVD read drive, F data partition, G photo partition.

The problem with the second drive E which is a combo CDR-RW DVD read(the first drive D is DVDR-RW) is that when you put a CD in it will not come up in Windows Media Player but it does work OK with Roxio if I am copying a disc for the car and using both drives (I lose them so never use originals in the car).

Autorun does not work with audio or software in either CD DVD drive I have just checked. I have to open Windows Media Player manually for audio CDs and access data discs from Explorer. If I open Windows Media Player and put a disc in drive D it loads but I have to start play if I put the disc in drive E the green light comes on for a few seconds but the CD does not load. The CD I used was an original from a good label.

I have not yet resolved my soundcard's mixer problem.

I am thinking that the creative software and autorun problems have something in common.... download this microsoft fix
Download it, run it, follow the wizard... it should help you fix what's wrong.

The computer seems to be running better and I can live without a couple of the soundblaster functions. I have run out of tinker for today.

Thanks for the help.

Computer now running better with everything doing what it should do.

Thanks Noo :thumbs2: :)

my pleasure :)