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Old 09-15-2004, 08:25 PM
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Removing a Useless drive?

Ok, this is what happened:

I have an ISO file I wanted to act as a CD, so I got this thing . What it does is allow you to create a driver, then create a drive, then run a file off of it. Well, I didn't know that you have to remove the drive before the driver or else you get stuck with an empty drive in My Computer. In other words, in "My Computer" under "Devices with Removable Storage" I have a "CD Drive (Y:)." The thing is, that tool only creates drives that are not already in use so since Y is in "Use" (already made) I cannot recreate it and delete it. Therefore, I am stuck with a useless "Y" drive. Does anyone know how I can remove this? Thanks.
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Old 09-16-2004, 07:55 AM
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Right click on my computer, the click properties.
Click on the 'hardware' tab then click on device manager.
In device manager, expand your 'disk drives' or 'cd drives' find the 'y' drive then select it and click remove.

Then restart your machine.
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