gHacks technology news » cd drive spin http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ask The Readers: Lock A DVD Drive In Windows Explorerhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/29/ask-the-readers-lock-a-dvd-drive-in-windows-explorer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/29/ask-the-readers-lock-a-dvd-drive-in-windows-explorer/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:59:46 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10194 Windows will try to access the contents of a DVD that is in a DVD drive whenever the user is accessing Windows Explorer. This can become pretty annoying as the DVD drive is starting to spin up making some loud noises in the process.

The question now is if there is a way to lock the DVD drive in Windows Explorer. Locking meaning that it will not be accessed in any way when a user opens Windows Explorer, a file browser or any other means of accessing files on his computer system. Ideally the program should be able to determine direct DVD access and allow that from happening.

The only viable solution so far is to create a disk image of the DVD in the drive and mount it using a software that emulates CD drives. This is however not a perfect solution. It would be much easier to have a on and off button for the DVD drive or a program running that would automatically perform the operation. Actually there is one additional solution which would involve removing the DVD from the drive whenever it is not needed and putting it back in whenever it is needed.

Question is: Do you know of a program that can lock the DVD drive so that the DVD will not be accessed when accessing Windows Explorer?

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