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Guest
Is there a way to lock a CD ROM drive so that it cannot be opened? I would
rather not open up the box and pull the cord from the drive.
rather not open up the box and pull the cord from the drive.
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Bob I
And WHY would you want to do something like that?!?!?!?
G
Guest
Because I have many computers where I don't want the CD ROM drive used unless
it is by me. Is the reason necessary? Do you know of a way or not?
it is by me. Is the reason necessary? Do you know of a way or not?
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God only knows
if it's the case that the computer is left turned on and not being
ebooted - disable the drive, or uninstall the driver, that should do it, I
think
ebooted - disable the drive, or uninstall the driver, that should do it, I
think
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David Vair
Try using TweakUI to hide the drive.
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R. C. White
Hi, Jake.
How about disabling it in the BIOS? You have to shutdown and reboot to do
this, or to re-enable it. Depending on some of the MANY things that you
didn't tell us, you probably need to disable that IDE channel in the BIOS.
RC
How about disabling it in the BIOS? You have to shutdown and reboot to do
this, or to re-enable it. Depending on some of the MANY things that you
didn't tell us, you probably need to disable that IDE channel in the BIOS.
RC
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Bob I
In that case the Device Manager can Disable it and mere "Users" wouldn't
be able to make it work.
be able to make it work.
S
Surinder Panesar
Hi jake,
You can disable by right clicking "My computer Icon on your desktop" and
choosing properties , this will open the system properties dialog box,
choose device manager. The device manager shows the contents of your
computer, by highlighting an entry, simply right click and properties. for
example if you choose DVD -CDROM, then you get a choice of 2 seperate
devices to choose from, right click each choose properties, in this window
at the bottom on the tab "use this device (enabled), simply click and
select disable this device. click ok , exit. reboot all should be fine
good luck
Apu
You can disable by right clicking "My computer Icon on your desktop" and
choosing properties , this will open the system properties dialog box,
choose device manager. The device manager shows the contents of your
computer, by highlighting an entry, simply right click and properties. for
example if you choose DVD -CDROM, then you get a choice of 2 seperate
devices to choose from, right click each choose properties, in this window
at the bottom on the tab "use this device (enabled), simply click and
select disable this device. click ok , exit. reboot all should be fine
good luck
Apu