First, to set things clear, it wasn't a spontaneous reboot - the power went off here for a bit, then came back on. That is the reason for the reboot.
Now, looking at the Services log, several interesting items:
1. Removable Storage Service Information message: Received Handle Query Remove notification.
RSM approved the query remove request.
2. Removable Storage Service Information message: Received a device interface REMOVAL notification for device:
\\?\IDE#CdRomSONY_CD-RW__CRX140E_____________________1.0n____#5&35c6ca11&0&0.0.0#{53f56308-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
Both of these were after I had discovered the ripping no longer worked - they may be when I was uninstalling/reinstalling the software.
OK, now to try ripping with WMP. Can't do that, don't see a menu choice to rip. All I see is to copy, which I can do without a problem.
So now I tried RealOne. Selected the first track to rip as mp3 format, and I got a message that it couldn't do it because the CD drive had a generic driver. It suggested installing a new driver (didn't get the name, 4 letters I think, beginning with an 'A'), I said OK, RealOne downloaded and installed the driver, then rebooted the PC. Now I try ripping in RealOne and it works. I play back the MP3 and it sounds fine.
So now I go back to MJ, thinking maybe the driver was the problem. But in MJ, I still get the same error message.
Any other ideas? I'm stumped, but I don't think it's a bad CD drive, since I can play audio from all my programs (MK, WMP, Real) and rip mp3's from RealOne.
Eric