CD Emulated on USB Drive?
I have a USB drive that was given to me as a promotional product. When it is put into the computer, two drives show up: g: a CD-ROM drive, and H: the removable disk. Disk Manager does not show G:, the supposed CDROM.
I want to get rid of this phantom CDROM, which is on the USB drive. I can't find it with partition magic, disk manager, etc... I have formatted the drive, and it is still there.
How do I do it?
I want to get rid of this phantom CDROM, which is on the USB drive. I can't find it with partition magic, disk manager, etc... I have formatted the drive, and it is still there.
How do I do it?
Are you sure that this device is not built with a READ ONLY section that will always emulate a CDROM? I've seen such devices and they are intended just for such promotional uses.
So you get to use the writable part but the read-only part is the price you pay. Kind of like ad-supported software.
So you get to use the writable part but the read-only part is the price you pay. Kind of like ad-supported software.
This is most likely a U3 structured flash drive. There was a recent question/discussion about these, and a link to a U3 removal tool was posted in the post at Date: 02/07/2006 03:22PM PST
The complete discussion is at: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21727554/Autorun-cd-image-on-flash-drive.html
The U3 uninstaller link is at http://www.garyweb.net/u3/U3_Uninstaller.exe
The complete discussion is at: https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21727554/Autorun-cd-image-on-flash-drive.html
The U3 uninstaller link is at http://www.garyweb.net/u3/U3_Uninstaller.exe
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The uninstaller doesn't work (at least for this device it doesn't). Any other suggestions?
What partition structure does Disk Manager show for the drive?
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Disk manager shows that there are two separate disks, not two partitions on one disk. What else should I use to look at the partition?
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Open the device manager... delete those two drives... then remove your device... Hit the "scan for new hardware button" or simply right click on the computer simble and then choose "scan for new hardware"
Check if the cdrom is still there with the drive disconeced.. if it is the problem is not with the drive... If it is not.. try downloading the latest driver for your drive. Reconnect your usb drive and see if it appears again.. if it does.. the driver still has problems. But that should solve the problem.