E-Machines emachines (emachinees) CD-ROM Drive "resume" Questions

i have dell inspiron 1200 that unexpectedly goes into sleep mode. i have dell inspiron 1200 that unexpectedly goes into either sleep or standby mode. you can still sort of see the screen but it is ...

...inside. I was using it just a few minutes before my husband got on the computer to download his resume and when he went to get the disk out it said their is no cd-rom. HELP!!!!!!!!! Hi, You