Aspire E15 How can I disable my CD drive on my laptop?

Dear Support,

About 3 years ago I got an Acer Aspire E15 for school. It has lasted me a good long time and I would say that it can last another year or two. I have one small issue and it is with the CD Drive. Every once in a while it makes a loud annoying noise. It annoys me because it interrupts my teacher in the middle of class. I went into device manager to try and turn it off but I did not see the CD Drive listed anywhere. My next approach is going to be unplugging the drive from the motherboard but if there are any other solutions please let me know!

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Accepted answers

JackE

Click on the view tab in Device Manager. Then click show hidden devices. Should show up in either Disk Drives folder or IDE ATA ATAPI controllers folder.

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JackE

Click on the view tab in Device Manager. Then click show hidden devices. Should show up in either Disk Drives folder or IDE ATA ATAPI controllers folder.