Non-existent CD drive shows in Windows 7

regger · 10-30-2009, 06:43 PM

With no drives attached other than the boot drive a CD drive shows in the Computer screen in 64 bit Windows 7 as drive D:. It doesn't exist but its properties tell me its working properly. If you try to eject you get an error message. When I installed a REAL DVD drive this non-existent drive changed to E: and the real DVD drive became D: This doesn't interfere with any operation in Windows 7 but it DOES interfere with my head! How can I remove it?

TK9K1 · 10-30-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by regger

With no drives attached other than the boot drive a CD drive shows in the Computer screen in 64 bit Windows 7 as drive D:. It doesn't exist but its properties tell me its working properly. If you try to eject you get an error message. When I installed a REAL DVD drive this non-existent drive changed to E: and the real DVD drive became D: This doesn't interfere with any operation in Windows 7 but it DOES interfere with my head! How can I remove it?

Do you by chance have any virtual drive management or emulation software installed?

(Daemontools, PowerISO, etc...)

regger · 10-30-2009, 11:56 PM

Yes I have PowerISO.

**Tyree** · 10-31-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by regger

Yes I have PowerISO.

That's the source of your "extra" drive letter.

regger · 10-31-2009, 07:56 PM

Thanks for that info. Will have to check out why and how it uses that "drive".

TK9K1 · 11-01-2009, 11:49 PM

It's a virtual drive that powerISO reserves so that you can mount images as if they were physical media.

10-30-2009, 06:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
regger Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 OS: 64 bit windows 7, 4 Windows XP-Pro machines too and XPM in the windows 7 machine	Non-existent CD drive shows in Windows 7 With no drives attached other than the boot drive a CD drive shows in the Computer screen in 64 bit Windows 7 as drive D:. It doesn't exist but its properties tell me its working properly. If you try to eject you get an error message. When I installed a REAL DVD drive this non-existent drive changed to E: and the real DVD drive became D: This doesn't interfere with any operation in Windows 7 but it DOES interfere with my head! How can I remove it?

10-30-2009, 11:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
regger Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 OS: 64 bit windows 7, 4 Windows XP-Pro machines too and XPM in the windows 7 machine	Re: Non-existent CD drive shows in Windows 7 Yes I have PowerISO.

10-31-2009, 07:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
regger Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 OS: 64 bit windows 7, 4 Windows XP-Pro machines too and XPM in the windows 7 machine	Re: Non-existent CD drive shows in Windows 7 Thanks for that info. Will have to check out why and how it uses that "drive".

11-01-2009, 11:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
TK9K1 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 27 OS: XPSP3/Windows 7 RC1	Re: Non-existent CD drive shows in Windows 7 It's a virtual drive that powerISO reserves so that you can mount images as if they were physical media.