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nosh

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Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« on: December 25, 2007, 08:52 AM »
Merry X'mas Everyone!  8)

Two quick questions reg. DVD drives:

1. Is there any command or utility to close (pull in the tray of) a DVD drive?

2. Is there a utility that'll let me see a DVD LED, like there are for HDDs?

Nosh.

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2007, 10:31 AM »
1. NirCmd

2. Never heard of any, but it must be a feature of some sophisticated system activity monitor.

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2007, 04:48 PM »
This might answer one of your questions?

http://werkema.com/software/tinycd.html

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nosh

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2007, 05:11 PM »
NirCmd works great. Thanks guys.

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2007, 06:40 PM »
Merry X'mas Everyone!  8)

Two quick questions reg. DVD drives:

1. Is there any command or utility to close (pull in the tray of) a DVD drive?

2. Is there a utility that'll let me see a DVD LED, like there are for HDDs?

Nosh.

Nosh - do you mean an onscreen widget of some sort?  If so, I'll keep an eye out for some & report back if I come across any.

Jim
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nosh

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2007, 07:18 PM »
Yep, a tiny always on top LED is what I had in mind.

Thanks Jim.

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Re: Two questions regarding DVD drive utilities
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2007, 02:11 AM »
just to add to your 1st question, check out this thread for a Skrommel tool that does that..

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