Another computer problem....

[Radar 10+ year member]

I'll make this one short. The jist of it is that i have some virtual drives on my comp that i cant get rid of. Alcohol didnt work, neither did daemon. Now my burner drive has disappeared and a generic cdrom device has reappeared and my burner no longer functions at all. Any ideas on how to kill the virtual drives and get my burner back?

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[nikosbuddy 5,000+ posts]

hmmm.....try booting in safe mode, see what happens, are try and add or remove programs... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif just a thought

Mike

 

[Damaso87 10+ year member]

Start->right click on my computer->hardware tab-> device properties

Find DVD/CD-Rom Drives, open the + -> Right click each one and hit uninstall. Thats right, all of them, even your burner. Your PC should recognize it when you reboot and fix it up no problem.

Win.

 

[Stangdvr 10+ year member]

look for a program on google called forceaspi and run that .. run the install file and restart the pc. This should fix your problem

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

well did the add/remove thing. my burner still doesnt work, now i have 2 dvd drives for some reason. Im going to the store will try the other things in a few

 

[Elitemafia 10+ year member]

That virus sounds fun... My usual procedure when I get these problems is reverting to the last hard drive save, or re-installing my Windows...

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

I doubt its a virus, just the standard windows f-up.

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

well, the forceaspi didnt work. the burner doesnt work and the virtual/drive thing is still there.

Anybody else?

 

[Stangdvr 10+ year member]

if you have AIM hit me up on smackdabeach after 11:30 est time and I'll help you out.

 

[Radar 10+ year member]

sorry, just got back from work, working on cobol right now. Ill hit ya up tomorrow hopefully.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

wiat this happend to my computer too!! just uninstall alchohol and viola! the virtual drive is gone!!!