How to hide the CD-ROM drive when WinXP is used again

On WinXP systems. The optical drive is dispensable for many users. If the user feels a little unsightly, he wants to hide it directly, and then turn it on when you want to use it. Then go with the idea of ​​Xiaobian.

Steps:

1. First click “Start”, enter “Run”, enter “regedit”, open the registry.

2, in the registry compiler, find the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" option, right click, expand.

3, in the expanded registry key, find the "Software" option, expand.

4, the expanded registry key, locate the & ldquo; Microsoft & rdquo; option to expand.

5, in the expanded registry key, find the "Windows" option, expand.

6. In the expanded registry key, find the "CurrentVersion” option to expand.

7, the expanded registry key, locate the & ldquo; policies & rdquo; option to expand.

8. In the expanded registry key, find the “Explorer option”, click the left button, right click on the blank area on the right, and create a new “DWORD” value, as shown below.

9. We renamed the item to “No Drive” as shown by the arrow.

10, change the value of the item, select decimal base, the set value calculation is: the computer as the base drive letter (C plate is 2, D is a disc 3, E disc 4, and so on), to the value of the drive where the optical drive is located, here the value is N, then the Nth power of 2 is the value. (The N on my computer is 7, so the value is 128).

11. After setting, restart the computer.

Because there are a lot of sub-options in the registry, friends must be careful when you operate, step by step. If you want to re-enable the CD-ROM drive later, just delete the newly created registry.