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Windows File Protection and Windows. After I deleted ATM 3.0 from an old Adobe Photo Deluxe 3.1 install (BTW, XP should probably prevent installs of old stuff like this). I got a file protection problem and then my CD-ROM disappeared. Fortunately, google found the windows utility called SFC for system file checker that will save…

PCHelpLIVE.com on CD-ROM Disappearing. Another Microsoft Knowledgebase failure like the others, nothing there about CD-ROM disappearing, but a google search for CDrom Disappear XP yields this. It is an UpperFilters/LowerFilters problem from the install of Musicmatch.

Gateway Keyboard Driver Prevents Suspend. thanks to Google, I found the problem. There was an old Adobe type Manager that attaches to the keyboard driver and this caused the suspend not to work. It hooks the driver.

Wayne’s Windows XP User Tips. A great tip page. I’m trying to figure out why the keyboard driver is preventing standby and this is one place to look. Seems like it might be the Music Locker program.

Upcomingmovies.com:. One of my favorite sites to figure out what is coming up next at the movies. Check it out!

R-Studio for disk recovery. This is the other recovery routine that is less listed at www.download.com

GetDataBack – Data Recovery Software I blew out my NTFS partition because there was a buggy CD-ROM driver from Musicmatch of all things. Chkdsk for an hour eventually destroyed the main table and every thing is gone. Using GetDataBack and R-Studio to try to get it back. Good thing I have the a full backup…

XP-erience.org Forums – XP Applications. Another forum for those trying to make XP work. Some notes on Musicmatch bugs.

MusicMatch’s CD Driver. A good note about a drive that Musicmatch adds…

Computing.Net – Nero INCD problem – Solution. The bug I’ve been running into. There is another suggestion about problems on Liteon.