webdav drive assignment got taken up by phantom CD drive


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
       #1

    webdav drive assignment got taken up by phantom CD drive


    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
    Dell Inspiron 3487

    Note: I generally use the freeware Alex Nolan DriveMan to see the current assignments.
    My normal CD/DVD drive, the only one on the puter, runs fine on the F:, and shows up as about 3.4 GB.

    I used the WebDav facility in DriveHQ to create an H: drive for the DriveHQ interface.

    While DriveHQ has a very nice file manager, by using the WebDav assignment I could have Syncovery or any backup program work directly. That worked fine.

    On reboot, I am shown the H: as now being a visible CD/DVD drive with no information and 0 bytes. Thus the WebDav attempt on initiating gets "The local device name is already in use".

    Is there a reason why this CD/DVD phantom drive shows up? Is there a WebDav communicating with OS problem?

    Afaik (checking visually, Driveman originally, Belarc, etc.) there really is only one CD/DVD.

    Any help appreciated as to why this drive appeared, and my best plan of action. (Theoretically I could just change the WebDav assignment and see what happen. Or perhaps delete the CD assignment? However, I would like to get to the root of the issue.)

    Thanks!

    Steven
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  2. Posts : 3,784
    win 8 32 bit
       #2

    Just go to disk manager and change the drive letter to what you want it normally only changes if something new is added or removed
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks.

    The phantomish drive H:/ does not show up in Disk Management. It does show up (but can not be accessed) as a CD Drive in Windows Explorer and Total Commander as well as the Alex Nolan utility. In Windows Explorer it is a second entry under "Devices With Removable Storage".

    I wonder if somehow the WebDav info was misdigested. I will call DriveHQ support when they open this AM.
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