Resolved Weird Hard drive ?

Hi,

I am using an Acer Aspire laptop with Win7 and have just noticed when I go into Computer and bring up Hard Drives I find C and Q.

C is a yes but where on earth Q has just come from I cannot discover.
Only one shows up in Device Manager which is correct.

 

Check the Properties of Q - it may tell you something.

Also check in Disk Management for the partition info of your hard disk.

 

It may be the factory recovery partition.

 

Some software may make a virtual or temporary drive (physical drives should show up as the next available drive letter).

Considering the above, do you have any card readers on the laptop or maybe on a printer?

 

As mysteriously as it appeared it has dissapeared.

Thanks to all
roy66

 

Malware?

 

weird

Mal doesn't user this laptop..in fact I don't know who he is

 

It's unlikely to have been Malware (viri, trojans, worms etc). If it does reappear the disk label is likely to give you a clue as to the cause