cd drive problem

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'Older' Micron Millennia computer
XP home (all updates installed)
320 MB RAM
CD drive is OEM NEC

Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of the
system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
properly with no conflicts.

Would anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks
 
'Older' Micron Millennia computer
XP home (all updates installed)
320 MB RAM
CD drive is OEM NEC

Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of the
system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
properly with no conflicts.

Would anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks
Click to expand...

If there is a CD in the drive when you're ready to shutdown, remove it so
that it is not in the drive at startup.
 
Thanks -

I don't have no "Explorer" under policies at the reg address mentioned.
That aside - I have all the autoplays checked to "Take No Action" set
through the CD drive properties. Experimenting this am tells me the process
is not getting that far. It seems the drive is trying to find a
non-existent CD. CD in drive or no CD in drive the thing continues to
search for one when I close the door. If I leave the drive door open the
little spinning cd by the cursor goes away and the system runs at normal
speed. Once I close the drive door (cd in or not) the spinning cd attaches
itself to my cursor and the system slows to a crawl becuase it's looking for
a cd that is not there.

I suspect a hardware (CD drive) problem.

???



Try diableing autoplay

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/cd_autoplay_home.htm
 
Thanks Sharon - See my reply to Chris.


'Older' Micron Millennia computer
XP home (all updates installed)
320 MB RAM
CD drive is OEM NEC

Today, on boot, the mouse cursor has the little spinning CD next to it
continually. The CD request is hogging nearly all my resources. If I
disable it (physically - or virtually through device manager) the rest of the
system works fine. As soon as I enable (or re-install) the CD drive the
little spinning disk attaches to my cursor and the system comes to a near
halt. If I wait long enough device manager shows the CD drive is working
properly with no conflicts.

Would anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks
Click to expand...

If there is a CD in the drive when you're ready to shutdown, remove it so
that it is not in the drive at startup.
 
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