Remove ATA from 'About this Mac' window

I replaced my MATSHITACD-RW CW-8122 on my PB to a straight HD, Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00. My question is when I open the 'About this Mac' window it still shows the MATSHITACD-RW CW-8122 even though it has been removed. How do I get rid of that info because my DVD/CD burning software references the non-existant drive.
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Ok cornelius it was a while back when I changed it because the drive it came w/was becoming noisy and the time I had 40GB of music and tons of pictures so I figured it was time to replace. This is exactly what I see in the 'System Profiler' (I figured out that is what I am referring not 'About this Mac')
Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00
Revision: SB4OA70H
Serial Number: SB0404SJGVWMDE
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: Yes
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.92 GB
Available: 120.47 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s10
Mount Point: /
Other than this info I don't still have the manuals or anything. It is Mac compatible is all I know.
BTW this is the original drive it came with which wass removed:
MATSHITACD-RW CW-8122:
Model: MATSHITACD-RW CW-8122
Revision: BA21
Serial Number:
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal

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