BleepingComputer.com: Safely Remove Disk Drive?

Hi, my problem is really weird. U know the safely remove hardware trey icon thing? u get it when u go to take out like a thumb drive etc. well now it's saying it wants to remove my CD drive. the icon stays there on the sys. trey, its been there for like a month now, all my games keep crashing and i'm guessing its because of this problem..

obviously i have windows vista, and my computer doesnt have a virus or anything..

thanks in advance..



Also i just wanted to add to that.. I'm having trouble running games now like Halo or even some older ones (that previously DID work w/vista)

basically what happens is, ill put Halo, click the icon, and it will start to load, then just kick me out back to the desktop and everything freezes...

MOD EDIT: Merged posts to avoid it looking as if there's already a reply to original post ~ stevealmighty

This post has been edited by stevealmighty: 20 October 2007 - 11:05 AM