When you boot the PC, if the CD-ROM drivers are installed correctly in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, you should get two messages, one from each part of the driver, that will tell you the status of the driver load. If you don't get these messages, then the drivers are not installed. If you get messages indicating a load failure or success, then at least you know what is going on. The drivers I was going to e-mail are intended to be installed from a floppy diskette. The procedure is completely automatic, requiring no user knowledge whatsoever, which makes it foolproof. If you are concerned about a virus, simply save them to diskette and scan the diskette before running the installer. As far as e-mail privacy goes, a free e-mail account from any number of services can be setup for a one time use.