CD drive runs on boot up

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xoggoth replied

9 December 2010, 15:01
Cheers for replies. It's Win7 but it never did it before, just recently.
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PRC1964 replied

9 December 2010, 13:57
I haven't used the CD drive in my PC for ages. I'd just unplug it and leave it at that.
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yorkshireman replied

9 December 2010, 12:23
Originally posted by Cliphead View Post

Is the CD drive first in the boot order in the BIOS?

What is the Operating System?

Does CD run before or after the OS starts?
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Cliphead replied

8 December 2010, 18:20
Is the CD drive first in the boot order in the BIOS?
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xoggoth replied

8 December 2010, 15:15
Nope. Haven't touched the hardware or left a disc in. Haven't modded the CMOS or anything. Wondering if some left over from a scheduled registry defrag.
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VectraMan replied

8 December 2010, 11:11
Is there a disk in the drive?

Lots of PCs do this (all mine do), but you usually only hear it when there's a disk in there.
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Sysman replied

8 December 2010, 09:57
Did you add or remove any disks? As I discovered recently a modern BIOS can decide to change the boot order "all on its own" when you start swapping disks around. I suppose a disk just failing to start fast enough on power up could have a similar effect.

It could of course be that "they" are out to get you
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xoggoth started a topic CD drive runs on boot up

8 December 2010, 09:26
CD drive runs on boot up

Not everytime but usually. Not a problem in itself but I'm wondering why this suddenly started happening a few weeks ago and if it's summit sinister.

Any ideas on this? Ta.
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