ghost drive

  1. 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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    • 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 fix file system ghost drive installation issues network drive office 2010 troubleshooting windows
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware

  3. 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 drives local disk phantom drive registry edit system restore uninstall applications
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware