I have a huge problem with my computer. I turned it on one day and I was unable to access "My Computer", the Control Panel and I can't open any folders. It boots extremely slow and safe mode doesn't help at all. I can't run internet explorer but Firefox works perfectly with no problems at all. System restore doesn't work, even in safe mode. My computer ran a check disk and now my cd/dvd drives don't work! If I unplug the dvd drive, the cd drive works and nothing I can do will make the dvd drive work. I tried reinstalling XP but that froze right at the start.


I have a dimension 4600 and I replaced my dvd drive with a dvd burner which worked until recently. I ran a virus scan on the norton recovery disk, virus definitions not updated and nothing was found.