Windows XP(Home) SP3, IE 7; Clean & Updated, About 5yrs old.

Hello, I purchased a 2nd Ext HHD for backups. When I decided to hook up the
2nd external drive I got lazy and did not completely detach the 1st ext HHD.
I disconnected the connections to the 1st ext HHD(at the hard drive) and
left its USB wire connected to the computer. The 2nd HHD connected fine and
works fine. The 2nd ext drive took the drive letter of the 1st drive(E,
changed the drive letter for the 1st(original) HHD to (G although I was
under the impression that the original HHD was not connected. Anyway, after
disconnecting all USB devices (G still shows in "My Computer & Windows
Explorer". When I have both external drives connected, the 1st drive takes
the drive letter (E, the 2nd drive takes the available letter after (G
and the phantom drive (G is still listed in both My Computer and Windows
Explorer. How Can I Get Rid of The Phamtom Drive?

(G is listed as a removable disk, and as I said before it is there with no
USB devices connected.

Thanks for any help.

Try to remove the phantom drive'G:' with Computer manager /start - run type
in: compmgmt.msc
Now look for 'Disk Managing' try to remove the 'G:' and restart PC.

Open device mgr,expand the tree with the hds,R.click on it,select disable,
if its listed & want to remove,once thru,restart pc.Once in xp,go to
run,type:
diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a hd,actions,all,change letter/path,change
to letter you want,close when thru.

"WMB" wrote:

> Windows XP(Home) SP3, IE 7; Clean & Updated, About 5yrs old.
>
> Hello, I purchased a 2nd Ext HHD for backups. When I decided to hook up the
> 2nd external drive I got lazy and did not completely detach the 1st ext HHD.
> I disconnected the connections to the 1st ext HHD(at the hard drive) and
> left its USB wire connected to the computer. The 2nd HHD connected fine and
> works fine. The 2nd ext drive took the drive letter of the 1st drive(E,
> changed the drive letter for the 1st(original) HHD to (G although I was
> under the impression that the original HHD was not connected. Anyway, after
> disconnecting all USB devices (G still shows in "My Computer & Windows
> Explorer". When I have both external drives connected, the 1st drive takes
> the drive letter (E, the 2nd drive takes the available letter after (G
> and the phantom drive (G is still listed in both My Computer and Windows
> Explorer. How Can I Get Rid of The Phamtom Drive?
>
> (G is listed as a removable disk, and as I said before it is there with no
> USB devices connected.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>

=?Utf-8?B?QW5kcmV3IEUu?= wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:

> Open device mgr,expand the tree with the hds,R.click on it,select
> disable,
> if its listed & want to remove,once thru,restart pc.Once in xp,go to
> run,type:
> diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a hd,actions,all,change
> letter/path,change to letter you want,close when thru.
>
> "WMB" wrote:
>
>> Windows XP(Home) SP3, IE 7; Clean & Updated, About 5yrs old.
>>
>> Hello, I purchased a 2nd Ext HHD for backups. When I decided to hook
>> up the 2nd external drive I got lazy and did not completely detach
>> the 1st ext HHD. I disconnected the connections to the 1st ext HHD(at
>> the hard drive) and left its USB wire connected to the computer. The
>> 2nd HHD connected fine and works fine. The 2nd ext drive took the
>> drive letter of the 1st drive(E, changed the drive letter for the
>> 1st(original) HHD to (G although I was under the impression that
>> the original HHD was not connected. Anyway, after disconnecting all
>> USB devices (G still shows in "My Computer & Windows Explorer".
>> When I have both external drives connected, the 1st drive takes the
>> drive letter (E, the 2nd drive takes the available letter after
>> (G and the phantom drive (G is still listed in both My Computer
>> and Windows Explorer. How Can I Get Rid of The Phamtom Drive?
>>
>> (G is listed as a removable disk, and as I said before it is there
>> with no USB devices connected.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>>

I have a similar problem. I have my first HD partitioned as 88 Gig - C:
and 210 Gig - D:

For some time I've had a CDROM - E: in Explorer, no problem until I
dropped in another 320 Gig that I would prefer be Drive E:.

Drive E: (CD Drive), only shows in Explorer, not in Disk Management or
anywhere else but my only option is to name it drive F:

My two DVD burners have been named X: and Y: for months and I don't have
a CDROM installed.

Using XPPro SP3, 2 - DVD, 2 - 320 Gig Sata drives, 2 gig ram.

I suppose I can still set up my RAID using F: as my mirror but it ****es
me off that I can't rid myself of this phantom Drive E:.

TOTAL CONTROL OR TIME FOR AN UPGRADE!!

Who needs an excuse for an upgrade eh?

Any thoughts?

Thanks folks.

JustaGuy