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Laptop CD-ROM question
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:33 am
by thewolfe
Laptop CD-ROM question
Would it damage the CD-ROM drive to pull it out of the bay while the computer is turned on?
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:06 am
by Vertigo
Don't think so...
It'd probably crash winblows, tho...
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:22 pm
by Arbitar
the drives on my dads laptop can be exchanged anytime. you just pull out the cd drive, then pop in the floppy drive. not that you'd ever use floppys anymore
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:20 pm
by Jagger
I don't think it affects anything. I've always noticed the CDROM drives are listed under the devices you can "Stop" in Windows XP's Removable Devices icon in the system tray.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:48 am
by Defender
The same applies to win2k (not sure if/which SPs are/would needed).
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:29 am
by Ferno
Might not be a good idea because it's possible to burn out your drive, IDE controller, both, or more..
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:27 pm
by thewolfe
This happened to a new Dell. I pulled out the CD-ROM while computer was running and then put it back in. At that time I had never tried the CD-ROM. Later, for the first time, I tried to use it to install a program and the light would flash and I could hear it running but it would not read ANY CD.
Thanks for the info.