Panasonic Toughbook CF-52EKMBGAM Reference Manual page 13

Security Measures
Disabling CD/DVD Drive
Disable CD/DVD drive operation to prevent the drive from being read/written and from being used to start the computer. You
can protect your data from unauthorized access or accidental overwriting.
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Select [Disabled] in [Optical Drive] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility
( page 82).
NOTE
This does not work for USB CD/DVD drive.
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