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    How come I show DVD and CD drive as drive E & F??

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bored7one4, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. bored7one4

    bored7one4 Notebook Consultant

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    I just reformated my computer and now I show two drives, One is Drive E lable DVD-Ram and my other one is CD drive F. why is that?

    I have Power ISO install so can that have something to do with it? I have unmont all drives so not sure if it has anything to do with it. Also for some reason my dvd drive can not read cd anymore. any ideas?


    thanks
     
    bored7one4, Oct 6, 2008
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    dingbat Notebook Evangelist

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    yes. it has to do with it. one of these drives is the virtual drive which has been created by power iso.
     
    dingbat, Oct 6, 2008
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    so how do i make it go away? I dont want a virtual drive. thanks
     
    bored7one4, Oct 8, 2008
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    there should be an option for choosing the virtual drive during installation. Uninstall the software, reboot, and reinstall keeping the option in mind ..

    good luck..
     
    dingbat, Oct 8, 2008
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