Phantom removeable disc appeared

Windows Vista Home Premium.

I've had an unknown removeable disc suddenly appear on my computer, which
calls itself Drive H (the next one available).

If I go to Computer Management, Desc Management, it appears as 'Disk 3
Removeable, No Media'.

Device Manager shows it under 'Portable Devices' as 'Microsoft WPD
Filesystem Volume Driver' with an exclamation mark.

Device Status shows 'This device cannot start. Code 10)'

If I disable it or Uninstall it, it just appears next time I boot up.

The device certainly doesn't exist on my computer, so how can I
permanently remove any mention of it?

Many thanks,

Ray D

Ray Dawson wrote:
> Windows Vista Home Premium.
>
> I've had an unknown removeable disc suddenly appear on my computer, which
> calls itself Drive H (the next one available).
>
> If I go to Computer Management, Desc Management, it appears as 'Disk 3
> Removeable, No Media'.
>
> Device Manager shows it under 'Portable Devices' as 'Microsoft WPD
> Filesystem Volume Driver' with an exclamation mark.
>
> Device Status shows 'This device cannot start. Code 10)'
>
> If I disable it or Uninstall it, it just appears next time I boot up.
>
> The device certainly doesn't exist on my computer, so how can I
> permanently remove any mention of it?


Could be a flash card reader slot in your printer.
Whatever it is, you can remove its drive letter.
Start -> Run
enter here

mountvol H: /D

The device is still there, only its drive letter is
gone until someone assigns a new one.
I have seen the at U3Launchpad assingns drive letters
to all removable USB drives without a drive letter
for no reason. So, if you use an U3 flash drive, don't
wonder when the drive letter is back...


Uwe

Uwe Sieber <> wrote:

> Ray Dawson wrote:
> > Windows Vista Home Premium.
> >
> > I've had an unknown removeable disc suddenly appear on my computer,
> > which calls itself Drive H (the next one available).
> >
> > If I go to Computer Management, Desc Management, it appears as 'Disk 3
> > Removeable, No Media'.

> Could be a flash card reader slot in your printer.

Thanks Uwe - that's exactly what it is. I've just installed an HP printer
which has a card slot!

I'll stop worrying about it now :-)

Cheers,

Ray D