New drive " CD Drive (E:) " in my computer.

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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...

Thanks
 
"Mark" <comp dad @hotmail.com.nz> wrote in message
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> 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...
>

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.
 
"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...
> >
>
> 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.
>
>

Or installed a printer with a SD slot?
 
"V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:476937be$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
>>
>> "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...
>> >
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> Or installed a printer with a SD slot?
>
>

Removed a Brother however other tools clearly stated it was a DVD/CD drive
and the bit rate and other info was the same as the real DVD/CD.

Reviewed all installs and trawlled the reg and all refrences to start up
apps / services etc... No Luck....

I did remember installing a trial of Ultra ISO previously and while it was
un installed I did remember a glitch and assumed a clash with Virtual CD
.... But gave it no further thought...

Reg files had the usual splatter of Ultra ISO references but nothing I
could point at. Reinstall and no change... Re boot no change.... Open
Ultra ISO and in Options / config / Virtual Drive there as a "1" selected.
LIGHTS GOING ON..

Select to "0"and reboot and that "CD Drive (E:) " went away...
Uninstall and then clean REG.....

All looks good.... Interesting that somthing was in the reg etc but other
diag tools did not see it as a Virtual, but did see the two Virtual CD
drives as Virtual??

Hope this may help others. been bugging me for weeks.
 
On Dec 20, 4:45 am, "Mark" <comp dad @hotmail.com.nz> wrote:
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> > "M.I.5 3/4" <no....@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...
>
> >> 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.
>
> > Or installed a printer with a SD slot?
>
> Removed a Brother however other tools clearly stated it was a DVD/CD drive
> and the bit rate and other info was the same as the real DVD/CD.
>
> Reviewed all installs and trawlled the reg and all refrences to start up
> apps / services etc... No Luck....
>
> I did remember installing a trial of Ultra ISO previously and while it was
> un installed I did remember a glitch and assumed a clash with Virtual CD
> ... But gave it no further thought...
>
> Reg files had the usual splatter of Ultra ISO references but nothing I
> could point at. Reinstall and no change... Re boot no change.... Open
> Ultra ISO and in Options / config / Virtual Drive there as a "1" selected.
> LIGHTS GOING ON..
>
> Select to "0"and reboot and that "CD Drive (E:) " went away...
> Uninstall and then clean REG.....
>
> All looks good.... Interesting that somthing was in the reg etc but other
> diag tools did not see it as a Virtual, but did see the two Virtual CD
> drives as Virtual??
>
> Hope this may help others. been bugging me for weeks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Do you have a U# enabled flash drive? These U3 drives add their "U3
system" via a virtual CD.
 
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