PX1268E-1G40 And Buffalo LinkStation Home NAS

Hi,
I bought a PX1268E-1G40 device to use as a backup drive for my home NAS (Buffalo Link Station HD-HG400LAN).
Unfortunately while the NAS sees the attached USB device it can't use it as a backup device (or an external HDD). I originally spoke with Buffalo about this, and after trying many things they have asked is their any way of turning the "Auto Installation" mechanism off?
On installation to my PC the PX1268E-1G40 shows as two devices a USB external HDD and a USB CD-ROM device (which contains the CD info). Is their *anyway of disabling* the USB CD-ROM so that it is not reported to an external systems (PC, NAS, etc)?
Thank you,
Mark

Hi
> On installation to my PC the PX1268E-1G40 shows as two devices a USB external HDD and a USB CD-ROM device (which contains the CD info). Is their anyway of disabling the USB CD-ROM so that it is not reported to an external systems (PC, NAS, etc)?
I have some experience with such external HDD and to be honest its not possible to remove the external USB CD-Rom option from the My computer.
As far as I know after connection to the notebook the small window has appeared asking for the password. As far as I know I have used the standard password 12345 or something like that.
After successful password validation the USB HDD has appeared in My Computer.
I have tried to disable this and to use the HDD without the software and CD-ROM option but it was not possible
Seems you have to use it with the CD-ROM option in My Computer.
Bye

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