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Phantom CD Drive appearing XP sp2

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Name: orange
Date: January 6, 2008 at 20:05:39 Pacific
OS: XP SP2
CPU/Ram: AMD Barton 2500+ /2GB
Product: ASUS A7V8X-X mb
Comment:

From time to time I am getting a drive K showing as a CD Drive. It has disappeared, but now (Jan 6 2008 11 PM EST) it is back.

Details at
http://www.ottawaforums.com/forum/i...



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Response Number 1
Name: OtheHill
Date: January 6, 2008 at 20:51:35 Pacific
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What are we supposed to see at that link?


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Response Number 2
Name: aegis
Date: January 6, 2008 at 21:21:57 Pacific
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It's probably something plugged into a USB port, like maybe a camera?


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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill
Date: January 6, 2008 at 21:29:05 Pacific
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Or a flash drive.


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Response Number 4
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: January 6, 2008 at 23:38:53 Pacific
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Or it's a hidden device such as a usb device which has been unplugged.

Go to Device Manager>View and click on Show Hidden Devices. You can then delete the driver for the phantom.


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Response Number 5
Name: Dan Penny
Date: January 7, 2008 at 06:06:12 Pacific
Reply:

OtheHill

It's up in the left hand corner of the link;
(Additional CD drive? by orange)

http://www.ottawaforums.com/forum/i...

It's a good day when you learn something


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Response Number 6
Name: wanderer
Date: January 7, 2008 at 06:22:23 Pacific
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Are you running any cd burning or cd clone software? Usual reason for this post. They create a virtual cd drive which gets assigned a drive letter.

Are you ready for where Microsoft wants you to go today?


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Response Number 7
Name: orange
Date: January 7, 2008 at 17:58:21 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for the comments.

OnTheHill ... I copied the link that took me to the post on the Ottawaforums. Thanks Dan Penny for identifying the link.

I have just repeated the current link here.

http://www.ottawaforums.com/forum/i...

I have had other USB devices including a camera. For the USB stick memories I stop and remove the devices.

Where I have had an external USB HardDrive (Tony_H) and removed it, I have set the properties to allow it to be removed without stopping. I have had no problem with the hard drive (VOL TONY_H).

I have this phantom K: drive which system thinks is a CD:
It has gone away and returned? I have rebooted the machine with no change.

I'm guessing the virtual drive from some software could be the answer. I am surprised no one else has seen this. I don't think I'm doing anything exotic.


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