Can not delete CD drive from computer

[mysts]

I have a very unusual situation. I can't get rid of the CD drive when I click on Computer. It displays all of the other devices correctly.
I have done the following:

Removed the DVD/CD drive from the computer.
Uninstalled the DVD/CD device from the device manager
Uninstalled the IDE channel controller
Removed the Cd from the boot sequence in the BIOS

After reboot the DVD part is gone but the CD is still there.

I am using Vista 64 bit on a quadcore machine. Every thing else is functioning perfectly.

Any Ideas are certainly welcome.

[Dv8ted2]

Are you using any software such as Alcohol120 or Daemon Tools that do cd emulation? This might be the reason that it is still there.

[mysts]

Yes I am using Daemon Tools. Should I unstall it?

[redwudz]

You may not have to uninstall Daemon Tools, but you should go to the Task Bar and R click on the Daemon icon, select 'Virtual CD/DVD-ROM', then 'Set number of devices' to 'Disable'. You may have it set at '1' at present.

[mysts]

No. I disabled it completely. That wasn't it.

[Heywould3]

No. I disabled it completely. That wasn't it.

its gotta be a virtual drive as redwudz said. i have had that happen when activating a virtual drive like alcohol then removing the program. the drive still existed. re enable it add two drives reboot. go back in and set virtual drive to 0 and re boot. if that dont do it then you set the drive with alcohol or some other software. you will need to reload that and add the device then remove it again

Very likely its a setting in daemon tools though

[mysts]

I agree with you that it has to be a virtual drive and that it was caused by Daemon somehow.
The only reason to get rid of it was so that the drive letter could be used for another harddrive.
The CD drive does not show up in disk management. The only place that it shows up is when I click on Computer(desktop).
Since this is a new setup I could very easily reinstall Windows and that should get rid of it

[Krispy Kritter]

In XP you can enter Computer Management / Disk management and reassign drive letters. Doesn't Vista have something similar?

[mysts]

Yes it does but the CD drive doesn't even show up in Disk Management. This is more evidence that it is a virtual drive. Thanks anyway.

[redwudz]

When you said you 'disabled it completely', did you mean the Daemon program or the Daemon drive settings? Disabling or uninstalling the program won't likely remove the virtual drive.

If you unistalled Daemon tools, re-install it, then try to disable the drive. Or add a new physical drive and assign the desired drive letter to it and see if it wipes out the virtual drive.

I have no idea where 'virtual drive' letters are stored, I suspect the registry. You might run regedit (Type that in a command prompt window in 'Accessories') Do a 'find' search for daemon and see what comes up. Be very careful in registry. Changes are permanent and with no warnings if you delete something vital. Back up the registry first.

But I would try a reinstall of Daemon first, then disable all virtual drives, then uninstall the program.

[mysts]

redwudz and others,

Thanks for trying to help. I just finished reinstalling Vista and now everything is as it should be. So I suppose this will close out this thread. Now how to install raid5. bye

[Krispy Kritter]

Not that it matters now, but my virtual drives are listed in Disk Management.