Disable DVD

I want to permanently disable the ability to use my DVD drive. I would like to burn CD's still but want the ability to make the DVD rendered completely inoperative.
I want to give up watching DVD's completley and want to destroy the ability to watch DVD's.
Thanks for any help

Take out your credit card, order a CDR drive for $25, and replace your DVD-R drive.
Why do you want to do this?

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I am sorry but non of the above have any answers to my question.
A Tech from my OEM ran Disk Part in 12/13 thinking that it was a bad image. Unfortunately now no one can fix the Window 7 x64 install as MBR disk using the UEFI Bios.
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Or do I use the UEFI USB which again spells out the type of drive it is.
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to a legacy bios and I can still keep the OROM which is the Control I needed for Caching the m-sata.
CAN YOU PLEASE HELP. PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL AS TO WHICH PART I HAVE RIGHT AND WHICH PART I NEED TO CHANGE. IF EVERYTHING IS WRONG PLEASE SEND ME INSTUCTIONS AS TO THE CORRECT PROCESS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SYSTEM FOR SO LONG NIGHT AND DAY. READ EVERYTHING I CAN FIND ON THIS FROM TECHNET TO INTEL AND SERVERAL TECH FORMS NO HAS THE ANSWER AND I HAVE A $3500 UNUSABLE SYSTEM
Thank you so much for letting my post.
[email protected]
Next go to the Control panel and run from the
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Alienware 17
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Bios is a UEFI Bios that can be set to legacy or UEFI
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Intel Chipset version 9.4.2.1017,
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Due to the Disagreement between a few OEM techs some of them insist that I install as UEFI with GPT and yet other insist I use Legacy. So the problem starts with setting up the BIOs correctly.
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I have both options and I can find am unable to clearly define which options is best.
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I am certain of at this point is that when they sent me a USB that was for
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to this type of system.
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There was a 38MB OEM partition - a 750MB Recovery Partition - and the rest of the drive was for the Operating System.
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that would help in how the drive was installed.
Remember I told you that the Tech only allowed me to make sure that OROM was enable and that SATA was set to RAID so I was unable to set the boot to Legacy or UEFI. So from this file as you will see there are a number
of errors it would seem that that the drive was installed as UEFI. (Although everything I have read on the subject states that a UEFI install automatically formats a disk to GPT) So this is why I am so very confused.
Because I can not attach the file here and am going to copy and past some of the items that give me this impression:
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x0601c1] IBS    InstallWindows:Install Path = C:\Windows\system32\oobe
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x0601c2] IBS    InstallWindows:Setup Phase = 4
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info                         [setup.exe] OrchestrateUpdateImageState: Updating image state from [IMAGE_STATE_GENERALIZE_RESEAL_TO_OOBE]
--> [IMAGE_STATE_UNDEPLOYABLE]
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x0601ee] IBS CreateSetupBlackboard:Successfully created/opened Setup black board path is [C:\Windows\Panther\SetupInfo]
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info                  IBS    InstallWindows:No UI language from a previous boot was found on the blackboard. Using selected language [].
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info                  IBS    InstallWindows:Setup architecture is [x64]
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x0601d5] IBS    InstallWindows:Starting with Empty Queue. Setup Phase = 4 callBack_DiagnosticDataGeneration: Setup was started from Phase 4. Disabling Diagnostics [DiagnosticDataGeneration]
in this scenario
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x060258] IBS    GenerateName: Failed to read the Key UserData\FullName\Value from Blackboard defaulting to WIN
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x060259] IBS
GenerateName: Failed to read the Key UserData\OrgName\Value from Blackboard
2014-04-02 16:56:23, Info       [0x06025d] IBS
list of function drivers from the critical device database (CDDB).
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP Waiting for thread to exit...
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP Status: Total = 0, Complete = 0, Progress = 0% (0%)
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Warning               SYSPRP Installation was supposedly active, but status key doesn't exist?
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: The device setup class for device ROOT\LEGACY_STORVSC\0000 is 8ecc055d-047f-11d1-a537-0000f8753ed1.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: Skipping device ROOT\LEGACY_STORVSC\0000 because it belongs to the legacy class.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: {Retrieving drivers used by device ACPI\PNP0C32\3}
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: No device setup class has been specified for device ACPI\PNP0C32\3. We will not attempt to retrieve the device's class
filter drivers.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: No function driver specified for device ACPI\PNP0C32\3.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: No device upper filter drivers are specified for device ACPI\PNP0C32\3
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: No device lower filter drivers are specified for device ACPI\PNP0C32\3
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: {Retrieving drivers used by device ROOT\LEGACY_NTFS\0000}
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: The device setup class for device ROOT\LEGACY_NTFS\0000 is 8ecc055d-047f-11d1-a537-0000f8753ed1.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP SPPNP: Driver isapnp was retrieved from the CDDB.
2014-04-02 16:56:24, Info                  SYSPRP Re-checking active
Now of course there is so much in the file I have skipped around and just pointed out the parts where I am hoping you will see installing legacy drivers and software were being skipped.
I called Alienware back and requested a level 2 tech I explained the situation and received a new 1 TB imaged hard drive today.
As I explained to the tech on the phone who again was uncertain if the BIOs should be set to UEFI or Legacy. I told him that we should try installing the drive with both USB's another possibility is to use Acronis Universal Restore and reinstall
from the backup that I made of the 1TB drive that is currently in the System now.
My worry (which I am most certain is valid) this that if we just drop the new drive in the system which making sure which BIOs setup is the most appropriate another Windows 7 x64 SP1 Ultimate will be destroyed. Because there is not
way to change the system from GPT to MBR or legacy to UEFI without having to reinstall the OS.
I have to admit that after 7 reinstalls on my own for one system I am really getting pretty sick and tired of working on this laptop. If I had the money I would make the purchase of an Origin PC in a heart beat but that would be $3200 that would match
the specs of this system.
I couldn't see the Recovery Partition so I Installed Acronis True Image 2014 Prem, and Backed up the disk. With this installed I was able to open the 750MB what I found was 1 folder for System 32 that has a folder with the name Recover but I am unable
to access it. was empty, 1 folder with the name Windowsre, in this folder there are 2 files one boot.sid and one winre.wim
I am not sure what you can do with any of this information but honestly any help would be most appreciated. Before Thursday 04/10/14 when I requested the tech who I spoke to today to return my call. At that time I am suppose to test out 3 or 4 difference
ways to install this drive and see if I can not find out what I am supposed to have in place for the BIOs before he helps me install the new 1TB HD. (which is the easy part)>
Sincerely, Frances Steele

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Hi Nick
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