programs? This is the second time I posted this question today...I only got one not-so-good response from the first posting.

One of my CD drives (which happens to be a writable drive) keeps checking for CDs. The green light will come on for about 3 seconds dozens of times a day at irregular intervals. It interrupts my music (when it's playing), online video and DVDs; it's very annoying. When the green light comes on, the mouse's arrow cursor turns to an arrow and hourglass cursor for the 3 seconds as well.

How can I get my computer to stop checking that drive?