Virtual Drive makes physical drive disappear


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 x64 Professional
       #1

    Virtual Drive makes physical drive disappear


    Every time I place a virtual DVD drive on my computer it makes my physical drive disappear in My Computer AND Device Manager :/.
    Device Manager then instead just sees the Virtual Drive..
    I've tried to do that upper/lower filter to no avail considering I don't have those options when I have a virtual drive.

    The only way for me to make it appear in My Computer again is to unplug the SATA cable when the computer is off and reinsert in a different slot. Anyone know how to fix this issue considering unplugging and replugging shouldn't be answer ?
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    What virtualization program are you using? It sounds like a program error, rather than a Windows error.

    Virtual Clone Drive, and MagicDisc are both free programs.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 x64 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #3

    yea i used daemon tools before.. then right now i'm using virtual clone drive..
    :/ i don't know why it happens.. it seems to me the virtual drives overwrite my actual cd drive driver wise or something
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