How to remove the CD-ROM from search path?
This is a discussion about How to remove the CD-ROM from search path? in the Windows Software category; I know I should have put this in the Other forum, but I don't think anyone would look there. Whenever I do a search off of the Start menu or any similar action (like Winzip extract), Windows 2000 pauses to spinup the CD and bring it into the path.
I know I should have put this in the "Other" forum, but I don't think anyone would look there.
Whenever I do a search off of the Start menu or any similar action (like Winzip extract), Windows 2000 pauses to spinup the CD and bring it into the path. This is very annoying, if you have a CD inserted. Any way around this?
Mike
Whenever I do a search off of the Start menu or any similar action (like Winzip extract), Windows 2000 pauses to spinup the CD and bring it into the path. This is very annoying, if you have a CD inserted. Any way around this?
Mike
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This is not guarunteed, but...
The OS will *always* spin up a removable disk when enumerating drives, because that's the only way to for it to assure the reliability of the info it knows about it...
However, if "insert notification" is enabled for that device, the OS should be able to use cached information, as it can authoratitavly know the disk hasn't changed...
However, MS may have changed this behaviour since I last have cause to analyse it...
The OS will *always* spin up a removable disk when enumerating drives, because that's the only way to for it to assure the reliability of the info it knows about it...
However, if "insert notification" is enabled for that device, the OS should be able to use cached information, as it can authoratitavly know the disk hasn't changed...
However, MS may have changed this behaviour since I last have cause to analyse it...
