Ghost Drive Appears in Explorer


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Ghost Drive Appears in Explorer


    I was copying data from my USB drive to my PC and while data transfer was still in progress, I physically removed the drive. This created a Ghost Drive. The drive doesn't appear in the Disk Management.

    How do I delete this drive? I have attached the screen-shot of my Explorer Window
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Ghost Drive Appears in Explorer-screenshot.jpg  
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  2. Posts : 1,939
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
       #2

    kbajpai said:
    I was copying data from my USB drive to my PC and while data transfer was still in progress, I physically removed the drive. This created a Ghost Drive. The drive doesn't appear in the Disk Management.

    How do I delete this drive? I have attached the screen-shot of my Explorer Window
    Does it remain after a reboot???
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Darryl,

    Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have restarted my system several times and it still appears.

    -
    Kunal
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  4. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #4

    Try a system restore to a point before you transferred data from your USB drive.

    If that does the trick, you then just need to transfer the data again.
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  5. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #5

    Follow this tut, be careful while uninstalling devices.

    Get rid of old device drivers hidden in Vista | TechRepublic
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  6. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #6

    Do you have Office 2010 installed on your computer?

    Can you go to the Device Manager > View > "Show Hidden Devices"
    Then expand disk drives (or where ever you find Q: or unknown device)
    Add post a screen shot?
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