Hi all,
I've been doing some tune-ups on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop running XP Pro. The laptop has a Samsung DVD/CD-RW drive (SN-324B) which shows up in the taskbar as a device that can removed. While I'm not afraid that I will somehow accidentally remove the optical drive, the laptop is not for me, and I figure the fewer icons for a non tech-savvy person to deal with, the better.
How can I get Windows to take the optical drive off of the "safely remove hardware" list? I have been told that there's some reg hack for this, but lots of searching has proven futile. All the drivers and Windows hotfixes are current, and the firmware for the drive is current.
Any help is appreciated. If I should post this in the hardware forum instead, please inform and/or move the thread. Thank you!
~ Ruu
I've been doing some tune-ups on a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop running XP Pro. The laptop has a Samsung DVD/CD-RW drive (SN-324B) which shows up in the taskbar as a device that can removed. While I'm not afraid that I will somehow accidentally remove the optical drive, the laptop is not for me, and I figure the fewer icons for a non tech-savvy person to deal with, the better.
How can I get Windows to take the optical drive off of the "safely remove hardware" list? I have been told that there's some reg hack for this, but lots of searching has proven futile. All the drivers and Windows hotfixes are current, and the firmware for the drive is current.
Any help is appreciated. If I should post this in the hardware forum instead, please inform and/or move the thread. Thank you!
~ Ruu