My WinME system has started to treat all data CDs as if they were a music CD. A new (data) CD will trigger autorun and bring up Windows Media Player which errors out.

I have a copy of WinXP ready to install but can't use the CD drive. Tried moving back about 2 months using the restore function. The CD drive disappeared. Checking the Device Manager, I found the CD driver flagged with a suggestion that I need to reinstall the driver. Don't know how to install a CD driver and suspect it is part of WinME but can't reinstall ME without a working CD drive.

Suggestions appreciated...
Dave