DVD RW Drive and DVD Drive pop up

Compaq Presario Sr1950nx Converted to Windows 7.
   When I put a disc in " DVD RW Drive (D) or DVD Drive (E). There is no screen that pops up. I have to go in and open them.
How can I make the screen open automaticly.
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Have you looked at your AutoPlay settings?
what is autoplay: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-autoplay-settings#1TC=windows-7
FAQ tutorial: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/autoplay-faq#1TC=windows-7
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    Under such a scenario, Time Machine would work very well in backing up your boot volume and any external drive you would use for additional "live" project files. Everything else could be stored on an external drive that you would use only when you need access to the old archived data, and it could be made redundant by you, manually, as and when you see fit. Since this data would be and remain "static" in nature, it would not need regular and recurrent backup.
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