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Mysterious extra CD-Rom Drive
Name: Michelle Date: June 17, 2003 at 14:23:43 Pacific OS: WinXP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.8GHZ 1GHz RDRAM
Comment:
There is an extra CD-Rom Drive listed in the "My Computer" folder that I don't have. I can't delete it. Does anyone have a clue as to how I can make that go away. Thank you.
Name: Sci-Guy Date: June 17, 2003 at 15:23:15 Pacific
Reply:
Have you recently installed Daemon Tools? It creates a virtual DVD drive. It shows up as a CD drive on my machine(used to say DVD drive, dunno what happened to change it). Other software might also create virtual drives.
Exactly - it's probably a virtual drive. These can be installed by any cd (dvd) writing/reading program you installed. Examples include Daemon, Nero, Blind Write/ Reader, etc...
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Response Number 3
Name: Michelle Date: June 18, 2003 at 05:47:16 Pacific
Reply:
I had Daemon Tools on my computer for a while but I uninstalled it recently. But the virtual drive remained. Can I manually remove it?
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