My CD-RW Drive Opens Itself Frequently....?

Question

I had a virus/trojan problem last winter but the PC is now clean. I have used the drive often, but as far as I know it is still in working order. So what is causing it to open itself? Is it just plain wearing out? Or is my anti-virus and spyware possibly missing something?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

its a ghost

Answer 2

It could be several things. What are you doing on the computer when the drive opens? Are you doing something in Windows Explorer? Playing a game? On the internet? Or is it totally random?

If totally random it could be a program running in the background (good) or something nasty still (bad), or it could be a sensitive switch which the vibration of the computer (it's fans etc) making the drive open (hardware fault).

More info needed to pinpoint an exact cause...

Answer 3

maby there is a fault with your drive