Disable Optical Drives through Command Prompt

[ElectroGloop]

I was wondering if there was a way to disable DVD/CD drives through the command prompt, I want it to be disabled the same way it is by right clicking on the drive in device manager and selecting 'disable'.

Is it possible?

Thanks.

 

[dazzer9535]

Any good? http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/files/media-transfer.shtml

I really dont know as Ive never bothered

 

[ElectroGloop]

Thanks, but it doesn't really say anything about disabling.

 

[Rick]

Windows is built around the GUI, so there's a ton of things you can't do with commands. I believe this would be one of them short of writing a script or some sort. You might be able to make a batch file that edits the registry so it disables your optical drives, but it will require a restart and be quite a hack.

Linux, of course, is built around the console. So pretty much anything you can do with a GUI you can do with commands.