Extra Cd Drives

[Mitch1]

I have just noticed that i have three CD Drives that shows in win exp but i only have two how can i get rid of one . this is with xp don't know how i got the extra one either.
Thanks.

[SlickVic78]

Hey Mitch,

Perhaps that third drive is a virtual drive that was created when you installed a CD/DVD burner program?  I know that when you install Alcohol 120% (a CD/DVD burning prog), as an example, it creates a virtual drive so you can mount images to it.  This way, you do not need to burn images to a CD.  Have you installed any such program?

-SlickVic78

[Mitch1]

Thanks for that .
Yes i installed alcohol 120% just 2 days ago so that must be it

[SlickVic78]

If you want to remove the virtual drive, you can, by-

+ Clicking on File
+ Clicking on Options
+ Click on Virtual Drives in the left pane
+ Change the number of drives (1 by default) to 0
+ Click OK

* You may need to reboot your system to allow the changes to be made.

I believe that should do it.* I kept the 1 by default.* It is nice sometimes to just mount the image to the virtual drive to install programs, rather than having to burn the image back onto a CD just to install a program...*

-SlickVic78