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I don’t have a part number. I just went to the local Office Depot and looked at things that resembled the old part, only with DVD listed on them. I’ll look into the details on my next visit. Basically I’m looking for something that reads and copies to DVDs and CDs, costs less than $100, and can be purchased at a store within walking distance. Greythings8

Strictly speaking, the term “DVD-ROM” (I believe) refers to the DVD disc itself, ROM standing for Read Only Memory.

If it is a burner, it should clearly state so – e.g. this one.

Do you have a part number?

The cables seemed okay. I disconnected and removed the CD-ROM. It seemed to work. I’m going to buy a DVD-ROM in a few days and connect. My main problem is figuring how to reconnect everything. The price is around $59 and it’s at Office Depot. Is it the same as a DVD burner or is that different? Greythings8

BATcher’s suggestion of checking the cables connected to the CD-ROM drive would be my first one too.

A virus could be the cause but that doesn’t sound very likely.

If the problem is the CD-ROM drive itself: a new CD-ROM drive is very inexpensive nowadays.

OOPS!

You already asked about screensavers in this topic.

It’s probably something in the WhatInStartup list. I disabled a couple. If one of them’s that untitled Mixer, hopefully I got it. It might be the problem. BTW, you know where I can find good screensavers? Geometrics and pipes are interesting but they get boring. Oh! and the lady is actress Melinda Clarke; google her to get the full picture. Greythings8

It has nothing to do with speakers. It’s a network connection – I wouldn’t remove it!

I don’t know whether it is related to your startup problems.

So what does it mean? Should I keep it? I’ve never seen it before. If it’s related to the speakers would taking it out be an adverse action? You think it might be related to my startup problem? Something there is causing a bottleneck. Greythings8

Your screenshot with its strategically placed dialog shows that the item that causes the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon is a USB to Ethernet converter – probably used to connect to an Ethernet router that in turn connects to the Internet.

I’ve been having trouble trying to upload attachments, so I decided to send two in separate messages. Greythings8

I was unfamiliar with USB so I looked it up in Help and Support: universal serial bus (USB)
An external bus that supports Plug and Play installation. Using USB, you can connect and disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer. You can use a single USB port to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, including speakers, telephones, CD-ROM drives, joysticks, tape drives, keyboards, scanners, and cameras. A USB port is usually located on the back of your computer near the serial port or parallel port.
See also: Plug and Play, port, bus. It was the speakers that got my attention; I bought speakers a while back; I guess they qualify as peripheral. I don’t know if I should keep the icon. Does Location 0 mean SRH is redundant? Greythings8

The Safely Remove Hardware icon is related to a hardware device that you have connected to your system. Do you use a USB mouse or keyboard ?? Have you connected a USB flash drive or external hard drive to the system ??

You should be able to click on the icon and bring up a window that should tell you what it is.
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So far the help page doesn’t seem to be much help. There was a promising lead: a possible problem with the SCSI. The lead led to something called the Windows Hardware Compatibility List. At least I think there’s a list; I got tangled up in clicks and pages trying to find the darn thing. I think I’ll try again unless there’s a quicker way. First I have to cool down from frustrated impatience. All this from a darn floppy drive. Greythings8

I was referring to your list. Maybe my help page is different. I really shouldn’t assume that help pages give the same info. Greythings8

So did you try ALL of the steps outlined in the MS help?

This is what came up. It didn’t quite match the help page so I stopped at Standard Floppy Controllers Properties. Greythings8

No lights, no sound. Doesn’t work with the other discs either. I’m about to try a suggested solution. Greythings8

Floppy drive A icon is in My Computer. I put in a disc, clicked the icon, nothing happened as usual, other than a pop-up, Please insert disc.

I checked BIOS in the Main menu; saw three items that may pertain to my situation: Legacy Diskette A: 1.44M, 3.5in; Legacy Diskette B: [none]; Floppy 3 Mode Support: [disabled]; it’s possibly one of these three but I hesitate to fiddle. Thoughts anyone? Greythings8

That would be in the BIOS setup right? I didn’t think of that, but then again, I only looked at it once for the other problem. Greythings8 [

Well, I’m just not one who likes to waste material. I have quite a few empty floppies and there are some unlabeleds I want to look at. I’m scouting in case it’s a software rather than hardware glitch. If it’s correctable, I can use that rather than spend meager finances buying a new drive. Greythings8