1. Could reformating possibly fix this?
2. Also, I just checked My Computer and it shows there is a 2nd cd-drive along with the dvd drive (which for some reason is being called a cd-drive), and the cd-drive. D is the dvd E is the cd and F is the drive that shouldn't be there.
3. I believe I forgot to mention that sometimes it crashes for no apparent reason, sometimes during loading and sometimes just while running around on a game. When it crashes it does this screeching sound through my headphones/speakers, if that means anything.
1. No. Reformatting will not fix a hardware problem.
2. This indicates to me, that the IDE bus is being "corrupted" by a bad device. Remember, you said: "...cylinder light on the left of my power button that lights up red..." That light indicates IDE bus activity and is only solid-red during BIOS detection. It flashes the rest of the time.
3. Once one things goes bad, everything goes bad.