Removeable drives still listed when there's none attached

pewe

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just recently I've noticed that there are a number of removable drives shown as connected in Windows Explorer - even though there are no drives connected.
As I attach a drive a new drive is added, but when I remove the drive it still shows in the list in WE.

drives.JPG

Anyone any ideas how to correct this??

TIA
 

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    WD 300GB, WD 500GB
Do you have a flash card reader on the system if so the drives you are seeing are the empty slots from the card reader.

Check Folder Options/View and see if Hide empty drives in the computer folder is checked or not
 

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Not as simple as that.
It seems there is a deeper problem

Now I notice that when I connect a USB Hard drive (as opposed to a flash drive) and it appears in disk management - but without a drive letter.

I never had these problems before although - I've had win8 since it first came out.

Something has changed recently and I don't know what.
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 Pro - 64Bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 8930
    Memory
    6GB
    Hard Drives
    WD 300GB, WD 500GB
Try this software Drive Tools for Windows to clean up drives that do not exist

First make sure you remove all USB devices except KB/Mouse
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 and Linux (MINT)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Win 8 & Toshiba Linux
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster
Try this software Drive Tools for Windows to clean up drives that do not exist

First make sure you remove all USB devices except KB/Mouse

Thanks for the link.

I ran the Drivecleanup in test mode and it reported the following

diskclean.JPG

Seems a lot - is this normal??
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 Pro - 64Bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 8930
    Memory
    6GB
    Hard Drives
    WD 300GB, WD 500GB
Nope not normal at all.

1- Are you sure you are not creating mount points?
2- Are you removing USB storage and Flash drives by using the windows "Eject Mass Storage Device"?
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 and Linux (MINT)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Win 8 & Toshiba Linux
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster
Nope not normal at all.

1- Are you sure you are not creating mount points?
2- Are you removing USB storage and Flash drives by using the windows "Eject Mass Storage Device"?

Mount points - not sure I fully understand these, but there have been occasions when I connected a USB drive where Windows did not register it, although it was visible in Disk Management without a drive letter, and I had to assign a drive letter to be able to access it.
This happened on numerous occasions because of a faulty drive.

I normally use the 'eject' procedure - but sometimes may have removed a USB storage device in hast and forgotten.

Is it safe to remove the drives in DriveCleanup?
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 Pro - 64Bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 8930
    Memory
    6GB
    Hard Drives
    WD 300GB, WD 500GB
It should be fine, but like with all things make a back up of your system first.
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 and Linux (MINT)
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    Lenovo Win 8 & Toshiba Linux
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    Samsung SyncMaster
:thumb::thumb:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8 Pro - 64Bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 8930
    Memory
    6GB
    Hard Drives
    WD 300GB, WD 500GB

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  • OS
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
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    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
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