Card readers and the like create such virtual drives, so that if you put a
card in (e.g. a Simm card from a camera) its contents are shown on that
drive. (e.g. my printer has two card readers; when I switch it on two
virtual CD drives are created).
Some video creation software (e.g. Roxio Creator, etc.) also have a module
for creating (and removing) a virtual drive, generally used to mount .iso
files.
So if you have any hardware or software of that kind that could be the
source.
"Peter Green" wrote in message
> My system (Win XP SP3) keeps setting up 4 virtual drives after re-boot.
> The drives are listed in the Control Panel> System> Device Manager as
> CD/DVD ROM drives and I can remove them by uninstalling each separately
> but they keep coming back. I have also deleted them collectively by
> deleting a SCSI controller in the Device Manager but they still return on
> re-boot. I have Daemon tools installed but the drives are not removed even
> when I set the number to zero using DT. I regularly evaluate free
> software but most of this I delete after but I wonder if it's one of these
> (or their residual drivers) causing the problem. Any suggestions on how
> to permanently remove these drives gratefully accepted.
>
> Thanks in advance. >> Stay informed about: Removing virtual drives 
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