Windows 7: Mystery Drive (Q:)

jailbirdslanger · 07 Nov 2010

Ah. OK cool, thanks for the 411.

richc46 · 09 Nov 2010

Glad to help, come back any time.

RMPE · 21 Feb 2011

I used Office 2010 bata when it came out. Updated to the retail a few months after it came out. Still had the Q: drive untill today. I went to programs in the control panel and deleted Microsoft Click To Run program. Rebooted the computer and the Q: drive is gone off my system.

Davidking90 · 14 Oct 2011

See this page for MS's explanation of the Virtual (Q) drive issue with MS Office Click-to-run.

[URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2257628"]

Office 2010 Starter - Virtual (Q: ) drive may intermittently disappear from My Computer

Hope this helps any bewildered users out there like I was after a hard drive failure.

Corazon · 14 Oct 2011

Hi Davidking90,

welcome to the forum. Um, and the last post in this thread is like 8 months old.

Sta2011 · 17 Oct 2011

I got this from an online backup service. Had to reset to factory default to get rid of it.

noonie · 25 Nov 2011

My Drive q appeared when I installed my XP mode whilst in Virtual mode
I'm running Windows 7 professional 64 bit. It is not visible in Windows 7 mode but is visible in XP mode. Should I get rid of it or just ignore it?

Egrafenberg · 24 Jan 2012

I have this exact problem! Can someone please help us out on this?!? I think it is a possible malware issue because I cannot log on to my wireless internet after I realized this extra driver.

keebler1313 · 03 Feb 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by prc292

When i Right click the drive it just gives me the standard options like Expand,share,copy,format, and properties. but i cant open the drive. it says that it is not accessible. I clicked on format just for the heck of it and it says i don't have permission. Also, i did try shutting down the USB drive and no difference. here is a grab of the properties window.

I have the exact same problem here...I searched around and found that the" Microsoft Word Starter 2010",Is probably what caused it...When I installed word starter it never finished , so I quit and then I found the Q:/ Drive.
It says you can delete it from "My computer" Disk Management..
I tried and could not delete it?

JimLewandowski · 03 Feb 2012

If this is Microsoft Office Starter related, note that the presence of this Q: drive breaks parts of Windows System Image/System Image Restore. On my gf's PC, I think I deleted it AND set to DISABLE 2 system services entitled Application Virtual something....

Windows 7: Mystery Drive (Q:)

Mystery Drive (Q:) problems?