Phantom CD Drive

G'Day All,

Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
drive (always Drive Letter E).

I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
irritating me!

The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
believe that that is the problem.

Computer has:
2 x HDD, SATA connected
2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port

On boot
C: - SATA HDD
D: - SATS HDD
E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
F: - IDE CD/DVD
G: - IDE CD/DVD
H: - 80GB USB External Drive
I: - Multi-Card Reader
K: - Multi-Card Reader
L: - Multi-Card Reader
M: - Multi-Card Reader
N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)

Drive E: appears in
My Computer/Windows Explorer

Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is NOT
AVAILABLE), OR
Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)

Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
AND (while I think of it)
Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and I
can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

Maybe its a burning software on you computer which created a virtual drive??
Do you have Nero or Roxio on your computer?
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"Pat Garard" wrote:

> G'Day All,
>
> Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
> drive (always Drive Letter E).
>
> I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
> irritating me!
>
> The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
> believe that that is the problem.
>
> Computer has:
> 2 x HDD, SATA connected
> 2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
> External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
> Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
>
> On boot
> C: - SATA HDD
> D: - SATS HDD
> E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
> F: - IDE CD/DVD
> G: - IDE CD/DVD
> H: - 80GB USB External Drive
> I: - Multi-Card Reader
> K: - Multi-Card Reader
> L: - Multi-Card Reader
> M: - Multi-Card Reader
> N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)
>
> Drive E: appears in
> My Computer/Windows Explorer
>
> Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
> Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is NOT
> AVAILABLE), OR
> Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)
>
> Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
> AND (while I think of it)
> Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and I
> can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?
> --
> Regards,
> Pat Garard
> Melbourne, Australia
> _______________________
>

"The C. [MS MVP]" <GFY.ALIAS&DEET@alias&deetarepeasant.com> wrote in message
news:74A72609-A03E-433D-B77C-...
> Maybe its a burning software on you computer which created a virtual
> drive??
> Do you have Nero or Roxio on your computer?


never seen either of those applications "create a virtual drive"...

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The C. [MS MVP] wrote:

> Maybe its a burning software on you computer which created a virtual
> drive?? Do you have Nero or Roxio on your computer?

Extremely unlikely.

Please post a link to your MVP profile.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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Pat Garard wrote:

> G'Day All,
>
> Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
> drive (always Drive Letter E).
>
> I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
> irritating me!
>
> The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
> believe that that is the problem.
>
> Computer has:
> 2 x HDD, SATA connected
> 2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
> External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
> Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
>
> On boot
> C: - SATA HDD
> D: - SATS HDD
> E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
> F: - IDE CD/DVD
> G: - IDE CD/DVD
> H: - 80GB USB External Drive
> I: - Multi-Card Reader
> K: - Multi-Card Reader
> L: - Multi-Card Reader
> M: - Multi-Card Reader
> N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)
>
> Drive E: appears in
> My Computer/Windows Explorer
>
> Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
> Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is
> NOT
> AVAILABLE), OR
> Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)
>
> Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
> AND (while I think of it)
> Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and
> I can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?

When you installed Vista, did you also install the latest drivers for your
motherboard? Flash the BIOS to the latest version? Install software to
create a virtual disk such as Daemon Tools?

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

>When you installed Vista, did you also install the latest drivers for your
motherboard?
YES! FOXCONN provide an auto-update program to do this.
>Flash the BIOS to the latest version?
YES! As above
>Install software to create a virtual disk such as Daemon Tools?
NO!

This occurs during Boot - Drive E has ALWAYS been allocated after C, D (SATA
HDDs)
but before F, G (IDE CD/DVDs).

I am just plain irritated, I guess.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________


"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Pat Garard wrote:
>
>> G'Day All,
>>
>> Since installing Vista HP (about 6 months ago), I have had a 'phantom' CD
>> drive (always Drive Letter E).
>>
>> I have so far tolerated it - but not knowing what the h&ll it is is
>> irritating me!
>>
>> The FOXCONN Motherboard has an (unused) CD connector, but FOXCONN don't
>> believe that that is the problem.
>>
>> Computer has:
>> 2 x HDD, SATA connected
>> 2 x CD/DVD, IDE connected
>> External 80 GB USB Hard Drive.
>> Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
>>
>> On boot
>> C: - SATA HDD
>> D: - SATS HDD
>> E :- unknown CD Drive ??????
>> F: - IDE CD/DVD
>> G: - IDE CD/DVD
>> H: - 80GB USB External Drive
>> I: - Multi-Card Reader
>> K: - Multi-Card Reader
>> L: - Multi-Card Reader
>> M: - Multi-Card Reader
>> N: - Multi-Card Reader (USB Flash Drive on USB Port)
>>
>> Drive E: appears in
>> My Computer/Windows Explorer
>>
>> Drive E: does NOT APPEAR in
>> Disk Management (so I cannot change its Drive Letter and letter E is
>> NOT
>> AVAILABLE), OR
>> Device Manager (in a way that I can identify)
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea what this might be?
>> AND (while I think of it)
>> Is there some prejudice against drive 'J:' (the letter J is available and
>> I can force its use, but the Card Reader does not 'naturally' use it)?
>
> When you installed Vista, did you also install the latest drivers for your
> motherboard? Flash the BIOS to the latest version? Install software to
> create a virtual disk such as Daemon Tools?
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>

Pat Garard wrote:

>>When you installed Vista, did you also install the latest drivers for your
> motherboard?
> YES! FOXCONN provide an auto-update program to do this.
>>Flash the BIOS to the latest version?
> YES! As above
>>Install software to create a virtual disk such as Daemon Tools?
> NO!
>
> This occurs during Boot - Drive E has ALWAYS been allocated after C, D
> (SATA HDDs)
> but before F, G (IDE CD/DVDs).

Look for an option in your BIOS to disable the extra SATA connections and
see what happens. Other than that, I'm sorry but I don't know. Perhaps
Foxconn's tech support will have an answer for you.

Sorry that I was unable to help you.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Are you using a U3 flash drive (smart disk)?

unsure it its the case here but ive seen this from pc's & monitors with
built in smart card readers, or have you got a usb flash drive plugged in,
maybe using as ready boost and the rest as extra file storage?

?
"AJR" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Are you using a U3 flash drive (smart disk)?

>>>Internal USB Multi-Card Reader/USB Port
See my original post.

However, at one stage I de-installed its driver and physically removed it -
no change
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________


"chayi" <> wrote in message
news1D77085-0704-47F4-A2BE-...
> unsure it its the case here but ive seen this from pc's & monitors with
> built in smart card readers, or have you got a usb flash drive plugged in,
> maybe using as ready boost and the rest as extra file storage?
>
> ?
> "AJR" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Are you using a U3 flash drive (smart disk)?
>