Since posting earlier to the wrong forum, I've discovered that whenever I put a CD in either the D or E drive, the computer locks up and when I control, alt, delete it says "My Computer" is not running.  The problem began as skipping during playback on both drives.  Also, the computer tells me that there is NO cd in the drive when there IS.

 

I want to reformat my hard drive and clean my system up, but I have about 800 songs I'd like to save before I do that.

 

The computer came with Windows 98 and a friend installed XP Professional some time back.  Also, the names of the drives are as follows:  D=LG CD-ROM CRD - 8400B

                                           E= Sony CD-RW CRX 100 E

 

When I COULD burn cds the ONLY program that worked was Windows Media Player.  Other programs would indicate a "successful burn" but there would be nothing on the CD.  I.e., I don't think it ever worked as well as it should have.

 

Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.  I am afraid of a major crash before I get my music off.

 

Thanks.