disable dvd drive?

[lmbgm]

Is there a way to disable the dvd drive button?

I've found that I accidentally hit the button all the time when I have it on my lap. I was on a flight the other day and it kept hitting the arm rest, eventually, I just stopped putting the tray back in.

[Tsunade_Hime]

Are you talking about the eject button?

If it is a ThinkPad you can just remove it when you don't need it and pop it back in.

[lmbgm]

yes its a T420

hmm, I suppose I could just remove it but then there would just be a big hole, I suppose I can get an empty bay (or battery).

It would be nice to be able to just disable the button so I can still have the drive with me in case I do need it.

[claudehl]

Have power management disable the drive. Re-power the drive when needed. Saves power and will prevent this unwanted eject.

C.

[AESdecryption]

If you have Windows 7, you could do this to your computer.



1. Go to the Start Menu (Windows icon on your taskbar).

2. Right-click on Computer (it is above Control Panel).

3. Click Manage from the list that appears.

4. Look for Device Manager and click on it.

5. Look at the DVD/CD-ROM Drives and expand it.

6. Choose the drive you want to disable by right clicking on it.

7. Choose Disable.

8. You've done it!

Optional: Right click on the disabled drive to reveal "Enable" and choose it if you want to use the drive again.

[edwabr123]

I wrote LockCD application after giving up on finding a properly functioning software that would lock the CD ROM eject button which i hit quite frequently on my Lenovo T520 laptop. The main problem with the software found over the internet was that it wouldn't retain the lock state after Sleep/Resume. I made it freely available at LockCD / Wiki / Home