Category: Windows
by Dennis Faas, infopackets editor
http://www.infopackets.com
Rich V. asks:
" When I open Windows Explorer or have to select a file location from
within a program, there's a long delay as Windows forces my CD ROM drive
to spin up in order to view contents of a disc.
Is there any way to
disable this somehow, still use the Auto Run feature, and force a spin up when I explicitly select the
drive? "
My Answer:
As far as I know, a disc must be scanned at least
once so that Windows "knows" what is contained on the disc -- and to check
it for an Auto Run feature. Spin up can take place any time Explorer
is initiated. If you don't want the disc to spin up, don't put
anything in the drive that would cause it to load.
I used to own 2 CD
changers that were able to hold 4 CDs at a time. Whenever I clicked on
MY COMPUTER under Windows, I had to sit and wait for both CD changers to
read all 8 discs -- one at a time. I would have to wait 3 minutes for
the entire process to finish.
To stop this process from happening
intermittently whenever Explorer is loaded, I used a CD buffering program which
held the CD label names resident in RAM. Unfortunately, that was a
while ago and I can't remember the name of this program... perhaps there is
something better today that would stop label and content scanning of discs
completely?
Know the answer? Email me below.
