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Geek Culture / Ghost Drive (F:)

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Xarshi
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2006 22:14
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Ok,well,It seems I'm having more problems with drives. Recently,like today,I noticed a drive that has never been there before. Its the F: drive... any clue what this is? Cuz personaly,I feel like crying,because last time I checked drives don't just appear out of now where.

Woohoo. DP is finally released!
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SirFire
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2006 22:16
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Right-click on the drive in explorer, properties, check the hardware tab, check what driver it's using. May provide clues as to where it came from.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2006 22:22
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I have loads of these! And they all say IDE DVD 16x - although I have not a single 16x drive. Only 8x and 52x.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Kendor
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2006 22:48
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Check two things:

First, have you recently installed any drive emulation software. These will show in My Computer, as if there is a real drive.

Second, check whether there are any usb devices plugged in. These may be recognised as external storage devices and added to the lists of drives

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 3rd Aug 2006 22:51
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Neither.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 4th Aug 2006 03:31
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maybe the drive gnomes snuck a new drive into the system over night?

thats the only possible thing really.

Science, Mathematics, and Physics do not lie - only people do.
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Wiggett
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Posted: 4th Aug 2006 04:33
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I had a virus recently that partitioned my c:/ drive to a whole new drive with like 8kb of space, made it a terror to format cause I couldn't get the right stuff to remove hte aprtition and format the drive.

Syndicate remastered: Corporate persuasion through urban violence.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 4th Aug 2006 21:26
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Quote: "last time I checked drives don't just appear out of now where."

Nope, they just disappear into nowhere. That sucks even more.


how much space shows up on this "ghost" drive?

"Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy" - Rob Pike
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