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non-existent drives
Name: Bandmaster Date: February 11, 2005 at 19:27:43 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home CPU/Ram: 2.5GHz / 512 Meg
Comment:
I have 4 removable drives on my computer that DO NOT EXIST! I have a partitioned hard drive (C&D) DVD is "E" and CDRW is "F". Windows explorer shows "Removable Drives, G, H, J and K. These drives do not exist. When I click on them, It says." Please Insert Disk In Drive (So and So)". How did they get there and how do I remove them? Please Help.
Name: steigrafx Date: February 11, 2005 at 19:51:42 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have a flash card reader, like for a digital camera? If so, there's your drives.
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Response Number 2
Name: DMR Date: February 11, 2005 at 19:53:44 Pacific
Reply:
Your HP computer most likely came like my Compaq. They installed (enabled) these drive letters for the optional media disc readers that come in the new computers. (8 in 1 memory card readers) Mine has this and they enabled quite a few drive letters for this feature. Did yours come with the card reader?
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Response Number 3
Name: Bandmaster Date: February 12, 2005 at 05:59:06 Pacific
Reply:
Yes. It has a card reader and I have a USB camera dock and a USB printer hooked up to the computer. So these drives are normal and would have nothing to do with my DVD and CDRW drives not working?
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