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    Windows 8 Unusual drive problem

    I have a Windows XP SP3 computer with something strange going on that I've never seen before (see attachment). Windows explorer shows two drives C:\ and E:\ That wouldn't be particularly strange except there is only one physical drive with a single 1 terabyte partion on it. Disk Management show...
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    • chkdsk data integrity defrag disk management drive issues duplicate files explorers file management ghost drive malware operating system partition storage issues system performance tech support troubleshooting user experience windows forum windows xp
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Mysterious 'ghost' drive that doesn't exist, how to get rid of it?

    Hi everyone, I recently installed the Office 2010 trial and it insisted it wanted to be installed in drive Q: (a networked drive) but it had no writing privileges. The only way to coax the installer into installing was to remove Q: from the list of connected drives. After the installation, I...
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    • drive letter drive management error file system ghost drive installation issues network drive office 2010 troubleshooting windows
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Phantom Drive showing in Computer

    Somehow I've ended up with a "phantom" local disk Q showing in Computer. It shows as 0 bytes used and 0 free; it cannot be accessed. It does NOT show in either disk management or device manager. It is not my card reader which is removable drive F. I do not have an external drive connected of any...
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    • computer device manager disk management ghost drive hard drive local disk phantom drive registry system restore uninstall apps
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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