"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Mark" <comp dad @hotmail.com.nz> wrote in message
> news:eJuJrmkQIHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Reciently noticed this drive appear... Looked for hidden devices, Virtual
> > drives, scanned the reg and nothing appears to be the cause. Device
> > manager does not show it, but recovery software i.e. R-Studio see's it as
> > a " Volume,CDROM" not unlike a Virtual CD?
> >
> > Am running Virtual CD and removed and re installed but this phantom does
> > not have the usual SCSI details, but the transfer rates etc match the
> > DVD/CD installed....
> >
> > If I click it I get the usual message " Please insert a disk into Drive
> > E:"
> >
> > I could just hide the drive... But I need to know how, what, where, or I
> > can not sleep at night...
> >
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> Have you in fact, installed anything that could provide a virtual CD drive.
> I have one in my PC. I can insert a virtual CD (or DVD), which I can play
> or eject. Some cd burning and video editing packages create such a drive.
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Or installed a printer with a SD slot?