# Locked CD-ROM drives

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/locked-cd-rom-drives/105610>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 27, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/locked-cd-rom-drives/105610 "2004-03-27T23:18:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/locked-cd-rom-drives/105610/1 "2004-03-27T23:18:53Z")

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I have a problem with my CD-RW drive. You see,  
it’s “locked,” it was locked before I up-graded to XP and  
now I don’t know how to un-lock it. I read somewhere that  
you had to un-lock it before up-grading, but I didn’t  
know that till I had up-graded already. Is there a way to  
un-lock it in XP?

Can anyone help me?