Ficticious CD Drive

XP has created a non-existant CD Drive(E) in the My Computer display box. Selecting properties shows that it refers to the system Hard Drive(C). If it is given CD type commands, it responds that it cannot execute. How do I safely delete this?

 

Does it remain after you refresh the window with F5?

If so, does it's icon indicate a pointer, i.e. have the little arrow?

If it persists, you could look in device manager to see if it's there and what it looks like there.

If it persists, would personally just delete it if windows will allow that. Please post back your findings.

 

Have you installed any software lately (such a Alcohol or Daemon tools)? These can create a 'virtual' CD/DVD drive that can read 'images' of CDs or DVDs without using the 'physical' drive.

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Does it remain after you refresh the window with F5? Yes

If so, does it's icon indicate a pointer, i.e. have the little arrow? NO, not a shortcut

If it persists, you could look in device manager to see if it's there and what it looks like there. No CD drive there, but remember it thinks the hard drive is a CD Drive

If it persists, would personally just delete it if windows will allow that. Please post back your findings. Right click list does not have delete

Have you installed any software lately (such a Alcohol or Daemon tools)? These can create a 'virtual' CD/DVD drive that can read 'images' of CDs or DVDs without using the 'physical' drive. Only a new printer last week

 

What does Disk Management say about your new drive?

 

what make/model printer? many DO have HDs. many also have flash card type readers which show up as drives. maybe?

 

Good call skeet6961... I'm betting on the card reader in the printer.

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It is a Dell computer with a Dell 944 printer. It does have a card reader, so maybe it really is a drive. Thanks everyone; I will just leave it alone for now.