Sorry me again thanx for all your help so far.
When i start up disk first aid the cd icon is there along side my hard disk.
The info under the icon is:
(Name Unknown)
ATAPI CD-ROM,BUS 1
(Write Protected)
When I try to verify the disk it says:
Problems were found but disk First Aid cannot repair them.
My os is 8.6
Also since I have the Apple CD/DVD Driver in my extensions folder, should this be in the "Driver" info when looking in the Apple System Profiler-Devices panel. At the moment it still says no driver info availiable.
Cheers Op
(New Keyboard on the way)