Previous Topic Next Topic

CD-Rom not present in disk manager

Closed
PABresler Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday 19 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 19 July 2017 - 19 Jul 2017 à 11:54
 Blocked Profile - 20 Jul 2017 à 16:29
I have a "phantom" CD-rom showing up in Computer as drive D. I want to use that letter for my second hard disk, but the phantom drive does not show up in disk manager, so I cannot change its drive letter.

I had an answer on MS community that said I needed third party software, but they would not tell me a name.
Related:

2 responses

Réponse 1 / 2
Blocked Profile
19 Jul 2017 à 17:39
So, if the hardware manager doesn't see it, then how is it using the D drive?
PABresler Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday 19 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 19 July 2017
19 Jul 2017 à 18:22
The D drive is a phantom, and if I could would just remove it. It seems to be an error condition. It appeared after I cloned the C drive, which now is G. The clone appears to be good.
Réponse 2 / 2
Blocked Profile
19 Jul 2017 à 18:49
Do you want it to show up, or not? If not, disco the power to it, and viola you get the D back?!?!? Disable it in BIOS, even.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible! -Walter Elias Disney
PABresler Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday 19 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 19 July 2017
19 Jul 2017 à 20:51
This is not a physical drive. The physical drives show up and are not a problem. Are you aware of any software to correct the problem?
Blocked Profile
20 Jul 2017 à 16:29
If it isn't a piece of hardware, then it sounds like you need to uninstall the virtual drive software you have enabled.