How does the XP system disable the optical drive?

In daily life, some computers are public. For the safety of computers, we will disable the optical drive and reduce the risk of infection. So how does the XP system disable the optical drive? In fact, we can completely hide the CD-ROM drive by simply modifying the settings in the registry. Here's a look at how XP disables the optical drive.

Operation steps:

1. First, we first click “Start”, then go to “Run”, then enter “regedit” to open the registry.

2, the compiler in the registry as shown below, locate the & ldquo; HKEY_CURRENT_USER & rdquo; option, right-click, expand.

3, the expanded registry entry in the following figure, locate the & ldquo; Software & rdquo; option to expand.

4, the expanded registry entry in the following figure, locate the & ldquo; Microsoft & rdquo; option to expand.

5, which launched in the registry key, locate the & ldquo; Windows & rdquo; option to expand.

6, in this expanded registry entries, find & ldquo; CurrentVersion & rdquo; option to expand.

7, the following development of the registry key, locate the & ldquo; policies & rdquo; option to expand.

8, as shown in the expanded registry key, locate the & ldquo; Explorer option, left-click in the blank area to the right, the right-click, create a & ldquo; DWORD & rdquo; value ,As shown below.

9, we rename the & ldquo; No Drive & rdquo ;, as indicated by arrows.

10, change the value of the first decimal base selected, and then setting value calculation is: the computer as the base drive letter (C plate is 2, D 3 of the disc, E disk is 4, and so on), to the value of the drive where the optical drive is located, here the value is N, then the N power of 2 is the value. (N on the computer I was 7, so a value of 128)

11, the setting is completed, just reboot the computer again before it.

Note:

1. Be careful when expanding the registry key, because there are many sub-options in the registry.

2. Please set the value according to the set value method of the tenth step.

3, the setting is successful, after restarting the computer, the device will not be found in the device manager, if you want to enable it, just delete this registry key.

The above is the operation method of XP disable CD-ROM for everyone. The operation steps are very simple, just modify the settings in the registry.