Extra disk in Defragmenter, Vista HP.

[Andy]

I opened Select Volumes in Defragmenter as I only want it to run on my C:
drive and I found an extra "disk" listed.

I have, from the top,

(Select all disks)
Vista (C
Removable Disc (D

and then this, \\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

Can anyone tell me why I have this entry and what it means? Also, if it is a
"disk" where can I find it and see what it contains?

Thanks.

 

[On The Bridge Brain Damaged]

vista is an intelligent next generation OS...

it was made by tree swinging monkeys stolen by a Bill Gates expedition to
Africa.

Pretty funny. They must have made it with your relatives. You must be the
bottom feeder monkey. Walking on your knuckles and eating bananas.

You are a candidate for Ubuntu. It is just your style. Now go look up
Alias and he can help you get started. You will need lots of tutoring.

Just FYI

 

[On The Bridge Brain Damaged]

im not the one who has monkey in its nick (most of the time before it
morphs to something else)

Have I told you that you are the worst poster of Vista.general ?

YES YOU ARE!

Just FYI. Just FYI

 

[Frank]

I opened Select Volumes in Defragmenter as I only want it to run on my
C: drive and I found an extra "disk" listed.

I have, from the top,

(Select all disks)
Vista (C
Removable Disc (D

and then this, \\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

Can anyone tell me why I have this entry and what it means? Also, if it
is a "disk" where can I find it and see what it contains?

Thanks.

Andy, "Removable Disc (D" refers to other storage hardware, like any
USB flash drives, card readers, etc., that are attached to your computer.
You can go to "computer" and there you should see all the attached
storage hardware., C drive, CD/DVD, A drive (floppy) and any other
attached drives, flash, card reader etc.
Just click on the "D" drive and it will open. If there is anything
stored in it you should see it.
HTH,
Frank

 

[Frank]

vista is an intelligent next generation OS...

it was made by tree swinging monkeys stolen by a Bill Gates expedition to
Africa.

Nice answer moron!
I'd sure a hell like to see the OS you have written...LOL!
Frank

 

[Andy]

Andy, "Removable Disc (D" refers to other storage hardware, like any USB
flash drives, card readers, etc., that are attached to your computer.
You can go to "computer" and there you should see all the attached storage
hardware., C drive, CD/DVD, A drive (floppy) and any other attached
drives, flash, card reader etc.
Just click on the "D" drive and it will open. If there is anything stored
in it you should see it.
HTH,
Frank

Hi Frank,

Thanks for replying. It's not the D: drive that's causing me concern it's
the drive labeled as,

\\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

This "disk" is only listed in Defrag' and I just wondered if it should be
there and if so where I might find it.

Thanks.

 

[MyronH]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for replying. It's not the D: drive that's causing me concern it's
the drive labeled as,

\\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

This "disk" is only listed in Defrag' and I just wondered if it should be
there and if so where I might find it.

Thanks.

Andy, can't say for sure, since I'm on my work system and can't check my
theory, but I'm thinking it's the recovery partition. I believe (but can't
remember) that the recovery partition on my HP is labled the same way as your
"mystery" disk.

Regards,

 

[Andy]

Andy, can't say for sure, since I'm on my work system and can't check my
theory, but I'm thinking it's the recovery partition. I believe (but
can't
remember) that the recovery partition on my HP is labled the same way as
your
"mystery" disk.

Regards,

Thanks Myron,

As long as there is nothing to worry about.

Andy

 

[MyronH]

I opened Select Volumes in Defragmenter as I only want it to run on my C:
drive and I found an extra "disk" listed.

I have, from the top,

(Select all disks)
Vista (C
Removable Disc (D

and then this, \\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

Can anyone tell me why I have this entry and what it means? Also, if it is a
"disk" where can I find it and see what it contains?

Thanks.

Your welcome. If I find out anything different this afternoon I'll post back.

 

[Charles W Davis]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for replying. It's not the D: drive that's causing me concern it's
the drive labeled as,

\\?\volume{bd14d1e-25b2-11dc-bf36-806e6f6e6963}\

This "disk" is only listed in Defrag' and I just wondered if it should be
there and if so where I might find it.

Thanks.

Are you certain that the "disk" doesn't show when you double-click your
Computer icon? Most HP Computers come with a "Recovery (D" partition. The
"disk" is not a separate hard disk, but a partition of the C: disk. The
contents of that partition is there for you to "burn" to CDs (16) or DVDs
(3).

Use the Recovery Disc Creator to create the disks. The Recovery Disc Creator
allows only one complete set of disks to be created, so store these
carefully for when you might need them. These disks are required to
reinstall the operating system and any factory-installed programs, if there
is ever a problem with your hard disk drive.

 

[Andy]

Are you certain that the "disk" doesn't show when you double-click your
Computer icon? Most HP Computers come with a "Recovery (D" partition.
The "disk" is not a separate hard disk, but a partition of the C: disk.
The contents of that partition is there for you to "burn" to CDs (16) or
DVDs (3).

Use the Recovery Disc Creator to create the disks. The Recovery Disc
Creator allows only one complete set of disks to be created, so store
these carefully for when you might need them. These disks are required to
reinstall the operating system and any factory-installed programs, if
there is ever a problem with your hard disk drive.

Hi, the strange disk definitely doesn't appear in My Computer. the only
drives listed are C: and D: (when I have D: plugged in.)

As for the back up, I made the recovery discs as soon as I bought the laptop
last year.

I'm not too bothered about the "phantom" drive, just curious, and really I
wouldn't even have discovered it if I hadn't installed SP1 and found the
Select Volumes button in Defrag.

As long as it doesn't appear malignant or have an averse effect on
performance I'll leave it alone.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

 

[MyronH]

Thanks Myron,

As long as there is nothing to worry about.

Andy

Well, my factory image partition is listed as a factory image partition.
I've seen that a disk on my system in the past that had that type of listing
though. The only other thing I can think of is ReadyBoost. Do you use that?
I don't use ReadyBoost anymore and don't have a USB flash drive available to
make this test, so I can't say for sure. Still might be the factory image,
but I'm doubting that right now.

I don't really think it's something to worry about though.

Regards,

 

[Andy]

Well, my factory image partition is listed as a factory image partition.
I've seen that a disk on my system in the past that had that type of
listing
though. The only other thing I can think of is ReadyBoost. Do you use
that?
I don't use ReadyBoost anymore and don't have a USB flash drive available
to
make this test, so I can't say for sure. Still might be the factory
image,
but I'm doubting that right now.

I don't really think it's something to worry about though.

Regards,

Hi Myron, I haven't used Readyboost as Vista has decided my USB flash drive
isn't Readyboost compatible. As you say it probably isn't something to worry
about and to be honest if I hadn't installed SP1 and checked Select Volumes
in Defrag' then I wouldn't even have known about it.

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.