CD Burner trying to access drive every 30 seconds

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Hi

How long ago did you last use that drive? Try clearing the Recent Documents
list.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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"DankOne" <SorryNoSpam@TryAgainSam.com> wrote in message
news:076501c5405a$c998b630$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I have winxp Pro. It has a Cd drive, and a cd burner.
> Yesterday for no reason at all, the CD burner is trying
> to by accessed by something. I have not installed
> anything in a month or so, so don't think that's it. I
> have all the patches, even todays.
> What happens is about every 30 seconds or so, no
> consistant times, the CD burner will start to wind up,
> the light comes on the drive, and the little cd icon next
> to the cursor will display, the system will freeze for 10-
> 30 seconds, then all is ok, until the next 30 seconds. It
> is driving me batty. It froze 3 times while writing this.
> I don't have too many things in the background, I have
> the same things running that I have always had, and
> shutting them down has not helped. This just started
> yesterday. Adaware, and spybot checks done, Virus check
> done, disk clean up done, am defragging now. Any
> suggestions,
> Thx,
> DankOne
>
> Gateway E-Series
> 3.0 GHz
> 1 Gig Ram
> GeForce 5200

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi Will,
Thanks for the reply. After I posted this message, I did
a system restore and that for now, seems to have fixed
it. I have no idea what it was. I also cleared the recent
docs from the list after the restore as you suggested.
What would recent docs do to cause this problem? I am
trying to learn! So either the system restore or the
recent doc clearing seems to have helped for the moment,
(Holding my Breath) ;-) Thanks Will,
DankOne
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>How long ago did you last use that drive? Try clearing
the Recent Documents
>list.
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"DankOne" <SorryNoSpam@TryAgainSam.com> wrote in message
>news:076501c5405a$c998b630$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>> I have winxp Pro. It has a Cd drive, and a cd burner.
>> Yesterday for no reason at all, the CD burner is trying
>> to by accessed by something. I have not installed
>> anything in a month or so, so don't think that's it. I
>> have all the patches, even todays.
>> What happens is about every 30 seconds or so, no
>> consistant times, the CD burner will start to wind up,
>> the light comes on the drive, and the little cd icon
next
>> to the cursor will display, the system will freeze for
10-
>> 30 seconds, then all is ok, until the next 30 seconds.
It
>> is driving me batty. It froze 3 times while writing
this.
>> I don't have too many things in the background, I have
>> the same things running that I have always had, and
>> shutting them down has not helped. This just started
>> yesterday. Adaware, and spybot checks done, Virus check
>> done, disk clean up done, am defragging now. Any
>> suggestions,
>> Thx,
>> DankOne
>>
>> Gateway E-Series
>> 3.0 GHz
>> 1 Gig Ram
>> GeForce 5200
>
>
>.
>