can v lock cd & floppy disk drive?
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If you don't want people using these devices, then I recommend that you use an external USB floppy and USB CD and take out the internal floppy and CD drive.  Then, there's no CD or floppy on the system at all.  So, when you need to use these devices, go get them and hook them up.  You just need to make sure that the BIOS supports booting from a USB CD or a USB floppy so you can still use them in this capacity.  Most newer machines today, however, support this functionality.  You might find problems with machines that are 4 years old or older.\n\nAlthough, if the system can boot off of USB devices, they might be able to circumvent your removal of the CD and floppy by using a USB Flash drive that's bootable.
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Fixed Disk, as opposed to floppy disk
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You can't. Unless its CDRW, then you can erase it with just about any CD program.
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Folder Lock  try this software to do it
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rather safely remove the drive its safer
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try sony usb Floppy drive\nu can purchase it online or from your local dealer
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I don't think Xp lets you.. to Lock particular Folder but Sure there are other softwares to do Folder Locker is best one... try it free\nhttp://www.download.com
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This MAY be listed under properties, or in the "device manager".\n\nSOME OS's do NOT have this option, and SOME CD drives "firmware" does not "permit" this option. (They spin ONLY when there is a disc in them, and for a "set" time if not being accessed!!)\n\nYou could ALSO check in the BIOS settings. (I have found it THERE once or twice.)
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Do you mean a floppy disc?
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I would really recommend using NTPassword, it can be found as an ISO.  If you need to remove the drive, then do that if you must.
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you need a win98 start up floppy disk with cdrom support on it, it will install generic drivers to run the cd drive
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There should not be. In fact, you can mix n match of Floppy, CD RW, CD Player, externals drives all in one Windows Box. That may be true on Linux also.\n\nBut, it may not be true on weird servers from biggies :-)
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It is impossible if you have no other software but windows to lock folders, there is no Dos command can do the job.
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A Floppy disk (I'm assuming you're talking about a 3.5", not a 5.25"?) holds 1.4 Mb of data. So mainly, it's for holding basic word files, HTML, etc. To lock a Floppy disk from being written on, there is a physical switch which must be flipped on the disk. This prevents the shutter from opening.\n\nA CD holds between 650 and 800 Mb, depending on the brand and if they are newer CDs. A CD can be formatted either as an audio CD, holding between 74 and 80 minutes worth of audio, or a data disk, holding the amounts listed above. When a CD is created or "burned", it has to be formatted to either allow to have more data placed on it, or to be locked (no more data can be saved to it).\n\nThe exception is a CD-RW, where you can access and save data on the disk an unlimited number of times.\n\nFloppy disks are suseptable to being erased when placed in a magnetic field.\n\nCDs may become damaged if exposed to direct sunlight. Also, certain cleaners can damage the disk, and scratches to the disk surface may render it unusable
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Sony makes a great DVD-RW drive that will read and write both DVD's and CD's.  I'm sure that there are others on the market as well.  You can place this in the extra bay if you power supply have enough wattage output to handle it.  If not, replace your current CD drive with the DVD-RW.
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No, use the one that comes with the computer.\n\nThe floppy disk is not working here any more
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You can't.\n\nEven if you could, the minute you did, your computer would be as useful as a rock. It would lock up tight.