Hey folks,

I've looked over this site and seen a number of posts about this problem but none have been exactly like my problem. Also, I don't understand some of the advice so I'm hoping that someone will be able to talk me through this problem, if anyone's up for tackling it.

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, purchased in Aug. 2001. It used to run on Windows Millennium but I switched to Windows 2000 Professional this year.

I've always had kind this annoying problem but it's gotten worse now. It used to be that the computer would take a number of tries to recognize a CD when I put it into the D:\ drive. Now it will not read blank CD-RW's or CD-R's at all, so that I can't backup information anymore. It used to do it eventually, just after a few tries. Now I always get the same message, "D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function."

However, it has never had a problem reading DVD's or music CD's or CD's to download programs, etc, only blank CD-RW's or CD-RW's that have been burned on my computer.

Now, though, it only seems to happen with blank CD-RW's, blank CD-R's and CD-RW's with information on them. I have one CD-R, for example, which was burned on my computer which I can read, no problem. Other CD-R's burned on other computers, no problem. I have a CD-RW, however, that was burned on my computer which now does not have the PowerPoint presentation on it which I burned on it; instead it has two things, one entitled "Udfrinst.exe" and another called "Autorun.inf." I don't know what these are so I have not opened them.

I have AVG as my virus protection software and Nero as my burning software. Any advice?