How to Block CD Drive in Windows 10 ?

How to Block CD Drive in Windows 10 ?

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How to Block CD Drive in Windows 10 ?

Here you can learn about, how to block CD drive of any windows PC/Laptop.

Follow these simple steps:

Block CD/DVD Drive:

1st Method

  • Go to run or press Windows+R key from keyboard.
  • Type regedit.

  • Go here "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom"

  • Here you can see "Start" REG_DWORD having data 0x00000001 (1). This indicates that your CD/DVD drive is unlock.
  • To block CD/DVD drive change "Start" value to 4 by double click on that.
  • Now your CD/DVD drive is blocked. Re-start your PC if it doesn't work.
  • To un-block CD/DVD Drive change value 4 to 1.

There is another simple way to do this. Put all this in a batch file and run that.

2nd Method

  • create a batch (.BAT) file and edit it with 

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom" /f /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "4"

  • To Un-Block CD/DVD drive change command with

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom" /f /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "1"

This is very useful idea where there is security a major concern. Hope this helps someone :)

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