Ever heard of this happening?!

[ThanksInAdvance]

My cd-rom opened while I was trying to start stacraft so I tried pushed close but nothing happened. I close it with my hand it pops back open I look in 'my computer' it's no longer there as E: drive. Anyone heard of this happening?

 

[Corporate Thug]

never heard of it happening, try uninstalled and reinstalling the IDE channel?

 

[ThanksInAdvance]

IDE channel?

 

[Corporate Thug]

running win XP?

if so: go to control panel -> system -> hardware tab -> device manger -> expand the IDE/ATA menu -> uninstall the primary or secondary channel depending on which channel the cd-rom is on

restart the computer and the channel should automatically be picked up again

 

[ThanksInAdvance]

Restarted comp it fixed it's self. Maybe another sign from my psu that says it's ready to retire.

 

[LTC8K6]

There was a virus that caused CDrom drives to open.

 

[Mik3y]

spyware can do that too. some ware files are put into the system registry and can do all sorts of weird things.

 

[blodhi74]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
There was a virus that caused CDrom drives to open.

dont remember the name upfront but had it happen to a friend and after the cd drive opened his machine did not respond for 3 or 4 mins ..... the anti virus did not detect it and he had to go in the registry to delete some entries.... sonds like a varient of that virus .... I'll e-mail him to get the details

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Any program can open the cd rom viruses just do it without permission. That wouldn't explain why XP lost track of the drive. Atleast it was easily fixed.