CD-RW Drive tray opens/closes always?

I would first shutdown my pc and check my connections to see if everything was connected correctly. I would then boot the PC back up and see if it is still doing this. I would then try a different Cd-rom to see if it is a bad CD-rom

I have seen XP open and close any of my 3 CD drives after burning a CD, and removing it from the CD-RW drive.

Another possability, is that you have links, or recent file history associated with a CD that is not in the drive.
Windows has an annoying habit of constantly verifying that recent files are still where they were. If not, Windows will do some strange things to look for them.

The best way to minimize this behavior, is to NEVER retrieve a file from within an application from a CD or floppy disk.
Always copy the file to the hard drive, and then copy it back to the CD after it is revised.

You can also clear out the recent file folder in the Windows directory, and disable fast find.

Chas

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