Dropped anchor there this afternoon, but no artificers available

. Why is it not seeing his XP installation?
Update : chkdsk seemed to hang at 35%. Going through to Windows XP install it will not 'recognise' his genuine CDROM.
UPDATE 2: Panic over (temporarily

) - we have a new install of Windows, having disconnected the drive with the 'missing' XP. Tomorrow brings a reconnection of that drive - and I'm off sick.