dvd-rom

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Hello

I am using xp home sp2. Lately when I return to the pc from a standby mode
I notice the dvd-rom with a dvd inside starts spinning and makes a bit of
noise like the aircraft preparing for a take off. Though I do not double
click the dvd-rom icon in My Computer.

It only stops when I push the dvd tray button open. This was not happening
a few days ago. It only started doing it recently. Any solutions please.
Thank you.

Regards
Hash
 
I find this when I access My Computer or maybe just when I haven't used a
hard disc or DVD for a while in a sesson. For instance when I'm writing a
document for 30-60 minutes, there's no activity and when I save the doc XP
goes and checks the drives and because cd/DVDs spindown with inactivity,
when XP scans the drive it has to spinup again. Personally it iritates me,
so I've gotten into a habit of removing DVD/CDs when I'm finished using
them. or sometimes, when I use a disc alot (using a game DVD or something),
I create an ISO of it and use DAEMON tools to load it when I need it
 
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