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  1. 25 Aug 2012 #1


    snarfman

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    Removable storage devices

    In Vista, in My Computer under "devices with removable storage" for some reason there are some drives listed that were not there before:

    DVD RW Drive (D this is always showing now but only used to when I actually had a disc inserted if I remember correctly

    BD-ROM Drive (F
    BD-ROM Drive (G

    these 2 were never there before and don't know why they are there now. Nothing happens when I hit eject on these 2 and when I dbl click it just asks me to insert a disc. How do I make these disappear and why are they there?


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  2. 25 Aug 2012 #2
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    Re: Removable storage devices

    Do you have SD slots on the front of your computer? (For cameras)

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  3. 25 Aug 2012 #3


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    Where is My Computer in Vista?

    What drives does Windows Explorer show?

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  4. 25 Aug 2012 #4
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    Re: Removable storage devices

    It on the desktop or you can type computer in the search and then click when it pops up.

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  5. 26 Aug 2012 #5


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    There are no SD slots. These extra drives appeared when I had to do a regedit hack to get my cd drive recognized again. It worked but these 2 extra br-rom drives appeared and I'd like to remove them

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  6. 26 Aug 2012 #6


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    You didn't say what shows in Windows Explorer.

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  7. 27 Aug 2012 #7


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    windows explorer shows the same as what i had mentioned

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  8. 28 Aug 2012 #8
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    Re: Removable storage devices

    A regedit hack doesn't sound very good. Something must have gone wrong with what you changed. Do you have a restore point before that edit you can roll back to?

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  9. 29 Aug 2012 #9


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    Nothing seems to be wrong with my computer. I would just like to know how to remove the optical drives so they don't show up. Seems they are just listed there but can't do anything with them

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  10. 29 Aug 2012 #10


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    Re: Removable storage devices

    Go to Control Panel, Administrator Tools, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management. Are the drives shown there?

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