Solved Un-map a device

Frank C

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I have four mapped devices that I can not identify. They show up in Windows Explorer and

They are: Device Manager has:
Compact Flash Drive (F:) TEAC USB HS-CF Card USB Device
xD/SM Drive (G:) TEAC USB HS-xD/SM USB Device
Memory Stick Drive (H:) TEAC USB HS-MS Card USB Device
SD Card Drive (I:) TEAC USB HS-SD Card USB Device

If I look at Properties they all say type - Removable disk

They all display under Properties > Hardware:
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device Disk Drives

This is the same as my OS (C:) drive

It looks like incorrect mapping to me.
I would like to "Un-map" them if that would not cause a problem.
Using this:
Change, add, or remove a drive letter - Windows Help
Frank C
 

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What makes you think that they are incorrectly mapped and in what way? Why do you want to remove the drive letters?
 

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I have four mapped devices that I can not identify. They show up in Windows Explorer and

They are: Device Manager has:
Compact Flash Drive (F:) TEAC USB HS-CF Card USB Device
xD/SM Drive (G:) TEAC USB HS-xD/SM USB Device
Memory Stick Drive (H:) TEAC USB HS-MS Card USB Device
SD Card Drive (I:) TEAC USB HS-SD Card USB Device

If I look at Properties they all say type - Removable disk

They all display under Properties > Hardware:
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device Disk Drives

This is the same as my OS (C:) drive

It looks like incorrect mapping to me.
I would like to "Un-map" them if that would not cause a problem.
Using this:
Change, add, or remove a drive letter - Windows Help
Frank C

What makes you think that they are incorrectly mapped and in what way? Why do you want to remove the drive letters?

Exactly, why would you want to unmap them? I'm assuming this is in Device Manager. That reflects anything that has ever been connected to the computer that involved having a driver installed.

Do you have an SD Card Reader built in? That would also show as a USB device.

If you delete the USB drive entries you will only have to reiinstall those whenever they may be needed and often it's difficult to find the drivers unless you have the original source installation disk.

Your C drive is exactly what it say and don't even think of removing that from Device Manager unless you want to have real problems.
 

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Thanks Townsbg,

Your questioning of my planned action was quite appropriate. I took another look at a SanDisk ImageMate Reader/Writer that I use for loading Pictures from Smart Media cards. It connects via USB. This device has four slots that are labeled :

Compact Flash Type I/II
Smart Media /xD
Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO
SD/MultiMedia Card

They correspond exactly to the F, G, H and I mapped devices that I wanted to remove.

You save me from making a big mistake.

Thanks
Frank C
 

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No problem although I don't think I contributed much help. All the best to you. ;-)
 

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  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
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