Hey, It happened to me too.Follow these steps.
Uninstall any virtual drive making software such as magicISO,powerISO etc. But if you have Nero, dont bother to uninstall it.
Reboot your computer, go to BIOS and select the option "Load optimal defaults" or "Load setup defaults".
Save changes and exit.
Thats it. All will be OK.
Any comments? mail me to
Pat Garard wrote:
Phantom CD Drive
18-Mar-09
G'Day All,
Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
drive (always Drive Letter E).
I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
irritating me!
The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
believe that that is the problem.
Computer has:
2 x HDD, SATA connected
2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
On boot
C: - SATA HDD
D: - SATS HDD
E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
F: - IDE CD/DVD
G: - IDE CD/DVD
H: - 80GB USB External Drive
I: - Multi-Card Reader
K: - Multi-Card Reader
L: - Multi-Card Reader
M: - Multi-Card Reader
N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)
Drive E: appears in
My Computer/Windows Explorer
Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is NOT
AVAILABLE), OR
Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)
Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
AND (while I think of it)
Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and I
can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:42 AM
Pat Garard wrote:
Phantom CD Drive
G'Day All,
Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
drive (always Drive Letter E).
I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
irritating me!
The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
believe that that is the problem.
Computer has:
2 x HDD, SATA connected
2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
On boot
C: - SATA HDD
D: - SATS HDD
E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
F: - IDE CD/DVD
G: - IDE CD/DVD
H: - 80GB USB External Drive
I: - Multi-Card Reader
K: - Multi-Card Reader
L: - Multi-Card Reader
M: - Multi-Card Reader
N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)
Drive E: appears in
My Computer/Windows Explorer
Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is NOT
AVAILABLE), OR
Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)
Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
AND (while I think of it)
Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and I
can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:37 AM
GFY.ALIAS&DEE wrote:
Maybe its a burning software on you computer which created a virtual drive??
Maybe its a burning software on you computer which created a virtual drive??
Do you have Nero or Roxio on your computer?
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"Pat Garard" wrote:
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:33 AM
Gordon wrote:
Re: Phantom CD Drive
"The C. [MS MVP]" wrote in message
never seen either of those applications "create a virtual drive"...
--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:37 AM
Malke wrote:
RE: Phantom CD Drive
The C. [MS MVP] wrote:
Extremely unlikely.
Please post a link to your MVP profile.
Malke
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On Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:39 AM
Malke wrote:
Re: Phantom CD Drive
Pat Garard wrote:
When you installed Vista, did you also install the latest drivers for your
motherboard? Flash the BIOS to the latest version? Install software to
create a virtual disk such as Daemon Tools?
Malke
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On Friday, March 20, 2009 7:45 AM
Pat Garard wrote:
motherboard?
motherboard?
YES! FOXCONN provide an auto-update program to do this.
YES! As above
NO!
This occurs during Boot - Drive E has ALWAYS been allocated after C, D (SATA
HDDs)
but before F, G (IDE CD/DVDs).
I am just plain irritated, I guess.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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"Malke" wrote in message
On Friday, March 20, 2009 9:49 AM
Malke wrote:
Re: Phantom CD Drive
Pat Garard wrote:
Look for an option in your BIOS to disable the extra SATA connections and
see what happens. Other than that, I'm sorry but I don't know. Perhaps
Foxconn's tech support will have an answer for you.
Sorry that I was unable to help you.
Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
On Friday, March 20, 2009 7:05 PM
AJR wrote:
Are you using a U3 flash drive (smart disk)?
Are you using a U3 flash drive (smart disk)?
On Sunday, March 22, 2009 8:27 AM
chayi wrote:
unsure it its the case here but ive seen this from pc's & monitors with built
unsure it its the case here but ive seen this from pc's & monitors with
built in smart card readers, or have you got a usb flash drive plugged in,
maybe using as ready boost and the rest as extra file storage?
?
"AJR" wrote in message
On Monday, March 23, 2009 6:00 AM
Pat Garard wrote:
See my original post.
See my original post.
However, at one stage I de-installed its driver and physically removed it -
no change
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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On Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:19 PM
StephenD wrote:
I had a problem with a phantom K: drive.Pat Garard described it perfectly.
I had a problem with a phantom K: drive.
Pat Garard described it perfectly.
The K: drive was not displayed in device manager or disk manager,
although the letter was reserved in disk manager and I could not use it.
Thinking this was a problem with a USB device I uninstalled all these
devices, unplugged everything and restarted the computer. The devices
were all rediscovered, and the K: drive did not go away.
I had none of the DVD playing/recording software or other software
others have reported causing this sort of issue.
I have a EXT2 file system driver, but that was not the reason either.
I think I hit the computer with a hammer exactly twice. The K: drive
did not go away.
I deleted all the entries under HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices and
restarted the system. The K: drive was gone. Afterward I had to re-map
some USB drives but that was all.
Hope this works for you.
Stephen
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