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j2k4
03-11-2007, 09:11 PM
My laptop has what Belarc describes as a Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM Drive]
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-408N [CD-ROM Drive]

"My Computer" sees this drive thusly:

DVD-RW Drive [F:]

CD Drive [G:]

and last, but not least,

DVD Drive [H:]

Wtf?
peat moss
03-11-2007, 09:23 PM
Have you installed programs like alcohol 120 that act as a virtual drive , or have a mp3 player or usb drive attached ?
j2k4
03-11-2007, 09:59 PM
Have you installed programs like alcohol 120 that act as a virtual drive , or have a mp3 player or usb drive attached ?

Nope.

OS install saw it that way from the get-go.

USB shows as [I:]

I never checked my MP3 player.

BTW-

That's a beautiful sweater your cat is wearing.
Snee
03-11-2007, 11:39 PM
Mine just shows up as one drive on this 'puter, but on others I've seen drives pop up as two (burner + cd-rom).

I used to reckon it was a Win98-thing (with certain manufacturers, or something), but maybe it happens on XP (if that's what you have) too, with some drives, or maybe it's a driver-thing, or a bios-thing.

If everything works, it may well be perfectly normal, I guess :dabs:

I also think it might be more common with laptops (have seen it with laptops before), but I dunno why that might be.
lynx
03-12-2007, 12:09 AM
Certainly sounds like a virtual drive.

That's the sort of description you get if you install software like Nero Image Drive or Daemon Tools.

The "Generic SCSI drive" gives it away as not being a real drive.
Snee
03-12-2007, 12:48 AM
Err, you have tried to put a disc in it, right, J2?

(I got the impression it was all the same (physical) drive, and that he's sure about that :dabs:)
peat moss
03-12-2007, 03:52 AM
"That's a beautiful sweater your cat is wearing."



Thank you , his name is Lucky ! :P
S!X
03-12-2007, 04:07 AM
Mine do this too, both are dvd drives and they just say "CD Drive". I'm not running any virtual drive apps either.

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3821/driveswl1.jpg
peat moss
03-12-2007, 04:14 AM
Ya but the difference LP, is you have a recovery partition that bumps your drive letters up one I think ?
S!X
03-12-2007, 07:26 PM
Ya but the difference LP, is you have a recovery partition that bumps your drive letters up one I think ?

That's correct, but what do they both just say "CD Drive" :huh: They're both DVD drives damn it!
j2k4
03-12-2007, 09:14 PM
Ya but the difference LP, is you have a recovery partition that bumps your drive letters up one I think ?

I have a 20GB OS primary [C:], 6GB [D:] primary, (empty, waiting for an idea), and 54GB [E:] storage, leaving F:, G:, and H: as the burner/phantom drives.
Snee
03-12-2007, 09:19 PM
If you put a disc in, do they all mount it, like?