C drive displays as CD-ROM drive

[Matt]

I'm servicing a customer's Sony laptop running XP Home
OEM. The hard drive has two partitions. In Windows
Explorer, the C: partition displays as a CD-ROM with icon
and all. Clicking the drive to open doesn't do anything.
However, clicking the D: partition opens it as it should.
Right-clicking the C: partition shows AutoPlay as the
default action. Clicking Open from this menu works
correctly and displays the drive's contents. Any
suggestions?

TIA,

Matt

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Two thoughts. First, make sure that the C:\ drive isn't the CD-ROM drive
that has had it's drive letter reassigned. I doubt this is the case
though. What you really want to look for is a file called autorun.inf in
the C:\ directory. This is what I feel is causing it to act like a CD-ROM.

 

[Guest]

What you really want to look for is a file called
autorun.inf in

the C:\ directory. This is what I feel is causing it to

act like a CD-ROM.

BRILLIANT!

Sure enough, deleted autorun, rebooted and it now behaves
as normal. A sincere Thank You, Nathan.

Matt

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Not a problem

I used to use that to show custom icons back in the Windows 98 days