OK, I will say it AGAIN:

  1. AVAST loads fine.
  2. I have totally redone my machine, there are no “left over anythings”.
  3. I can access my HD just fine.
    and
  4. I CANNOT access the BURNER, CDROM DRIVE, or ZIP DRIVE.
    In other words it LOCKS OUT ALL REMOVABLE MEDIA DRIVES!
    oh and
  5. ZA doesn’t interfere with accessing the removable media.
    ONLY Avast does that.