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Originally posted by Ron_Jeremy: Quote: Each time I go into Disk Management, it takes about 30 seconds for it to initialize (i.e., to show me any disks), which in my opinion is way too long. But the weird thing is my optical drives (CDROM & DVDROM) do not appear. They appear in My Computer & work fine too. I want to change the drive letters for them, but am unable to do so. Strangely, if I unplug the power cables to both optical drives & boot back into Windows, then Disk Management initializes almost instantly. I have tried different drivers for my Adaptec 39160, but this hasn't helped any. All my hard disks are SCSI, & both optical drives are IDE. This is caused by your local security policy. To fix it, go to Admin Tools->Local Security Policy->Local Policies->Security Options. Look for the option Devices: Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only. You must set this to Disabled. Restart, and your drives should magically appear in disk management :-) Hope this helps Stuart