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May 1st, 2012, 05:45 AM
#1
[RESOLVED] New Drive Letter Appears in My Computer
I have a hard drive C:, a 3 1/2" floppy drive A:, a DVD ROM drive D:, and a DVD RW drive E:
Initially these all show up in My Computer as:-
Under 'Hard Disk Drives' - Local Disk C:
Under 'Devices with Removable Storage' - 3 1/2" Floppy A:, DVD Drive D:, DVD-RAM Drive E:
However, after a while a new drive letter F: appears under 'Devices with Removable Storage' as CD Drive F:
Drive letter F: does not appear in Disk Management.
I have no idea what this new drive is and if I try to open it, I get the message "Please insert a disk into drive F:"
Any help as to why this occurs and a solution would be appreciated.
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May 1st, 2012, 06:47 AM
#2
What USB devices are connected?
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May 1st, 2012, 09:26 AM
#3
USB devices connected:-
Canon PIXMA iP4850 Printer
CanoScan 4400F Scanner
Netgear WNA1100 N150 Wireless USB Adapter
Mouse
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May 1st, 2012, 10:13 AM
#4
Does the printer have a card reader? Id yes, it will show up as a drive letter as will the camera.
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May 1st, 2012, 12:06 PM
#5
Neither the printer or the scanner has a card reader.
This problem has only recently occurred and I have had the computer for years.
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May 1st, 2012, 12:10 PM
#6
To read the card in camera, when hooked to the computer, it acts like a card reader. Anyway my camera is given a letter. Both camera.
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May 1st, 2012, 12:14 PM
#7
PinguJohn--
Does the new drive letter appear on boot? If so what devices are ON when you boot? If not, does the new drive letter appear only when you turn some device ON?
For example my printer appears as a drive only when I turn it ON.
Jim
WIN7 Ultimate SP1 64bit, IE 11, NTFS,
cable, MS Security Essentials, Windows 7 firewall
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May 1st, 2012, 12:49 PM
#8
The new drive letter does not appear on boot, neither does it appear when I turn the printer on. The scanner is always on.
It appears when I access or right click the DVD ROM drive D:, or the DVD RW drive E:
It also appears if I go into Disk Management.
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May 1st, 2012, 01:17 PM
#9
Originally Posted by PinguJohn
This problem has only recently occurred and I have had the computer for years.
Have you tried using Windows' "System Restore" to roll Windows back to a previous state when your computer was functioning correctly?System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e-mail, documents, or photos.
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May 2nd, 2012, 03:00 AM
#10
Did a System Restore to over a week ago and everything now appears fine.
Thanks for all your help.
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May 2nd, 2012, 04:33 AM
#11
Good to hear it was such an easy fix. Thanks for letting us know.
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May 2nd, 2012, 06:05 AM
#12
I'm glad that System Restore solved the problem, although I still don't know what caused the problem in the first place.
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May 2nd, 2012, 10:40 AM
#13
A system file got corrupted, most likely. It only takes a single bit to get flipped, and there can be many reasons for that happening.
Nick.
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