Windows 10: DVD RW Drive Icon in File Explorer

Is there a settings option to have the DVD RW Drive letter appear in File Explorer when there is no DVD in the tray?

Thanks...

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DVD RW Drive (E


Hi, welcome to tenforums.
I wonder if you could post a screenshot (picture) of your explorer showing the first point? (Use the icon to the left of the video icon above to upload your picture).

Mine looks like this (ignore the colour - I don't like staring at almost white):




Not sure what you mean about alpha order of your files.. in explorer, just click on 'Name' in the left column above your file/folder names to order them.. or do you want to apply the same setting to all folders like this:




The DVD/RW drive doesn't appear in explorer unless sthg is inserted, when the label reflects what's inserted, so I'm unsure what you want to do there... change the DVD RW Drive legend, assuming that's what you see?

 

SATA DVD-RW Drives

Hey Guys,

So, I finally just bought my new rig: EVGA A1 Mobo (w/ 6 SATA Slots), 2 WD Raptors (SATA - Gonna RAID 0 Boot), 4 Seagate 320GB Barracuda's (SATA - Gonna RAID 5 Storage).
However, I realized I also bought 2 DVD-RW drives, in SATA *Eek! not enough SATA ports on the mobo...

So a couple of questions follow:
1) Is SATA really faster for DVD-RW drives than IDE?
2) Is there anyway to Inline/Series the (2) SATA DVD-RW drives, kinda like you do with IDE (Master/Slave)?
3) Are there any SATA-->IDE reverse adaptors (not the opposite, I know those exist)?
4) Based on the above answers, should I:

• a) Get a PCI-E SATA RAID Card to Handle One of the RAID Arrays, and keep the DVD-RW drives as SATA? (although those are dang expensive, AND I don't know where that PCI Card is gonna fit - got an 8800gtx, PCI Slot-Cooler, Wifi card... an extra slot but no room down there)
• b) Return the DVD-RW SATA drives and get (2) IDE DVD-RW drives?
• Another option that won't require me spending a lot of money?

Eesh, I'm kinda stuck on my build if I don't have a CD Drive to read from for Windows Install(I don't have any extra ones sittin around - and I want to install my RAID 5 Storage array right away)

Suggestions?*Confused

 

DVD-RW Drive

The type of optical disc should not matter. Bits is bits.

What software did you use to burn these to disc?

The situation you describe, sounds like "something" caused your original images to be downsampled/downsized in the process of viewing or sending them to the DVD.

Suggest you do a binary file compare between the original images and the ones on the DVD.