Phantom Removable Drive

As a result of a much screwed up attempt to install a removable drive (done
right on another machine and working fine), we have a phantom removable
drive in the first machine. It appears in My Computer as "Removable Disk
(E" (there is also the C drive and a CD drive). The drive disappears in
Safe Mode. There is nothing in Device Manager in Safe or Normal Mode to
arouse suspicion except a "DOT 4 Mass Storage Class Bridge for IOS",
whatever that is. It doesn't really seem to bother anything but in the
spirit of good housekeeping, how do we get rid of it?
Many thanks,

I don't really know. Maybe... "START button, Run, SysEdit"..., & examine Config.sys & Autoexec.bat for something unusual. Post them, if necessary.


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"WAW" wrote in message ...
| As a result of a much screwed up attempt to install a removable drive (done
| right on another machine and working fine), we have a phantom removable
| drive in the first machine. It appears in My Computer as "Removable Disk
| (E" (there is also the C drive and a CD drive). The drive disappears in
| Safe Mode. There is nothing in Device Manager in Safe or Normal Mode to
| arouse suspicion except a "DOT 4 Mass Storage Class Bridge for IOS",
| whatever that is. It doesn't really seem to bother anything but in the
| spirit of good housekeeping, how do we get rid of it?
| Many thanks,
|
|

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:24:51 -0700, "WAW"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

As a result of a much screwed up attempt to install a removable drive (done
right on another machine and working fine), we have a phantom removable
drive in the first machine. It appears in My Computer as "Removable Disk
(E" (there is also the C drive and a CD drive). The drive disappears in
Safe Mode. There is nothing in Device Manager in Safe or Normal Mode to
arouse suspicion except a "DOT 4 Mass Storage Class Bridge for IOS",
whatever that is. It doesn't really seem to bother anything but in the
spirit of good housekeeping, how do we get rid of it?
Many thanks,

These links talk about HP Photosmart printers:

http://www.d-a-l.com/help/showthread.php?t=33388
http://listing.driveragent.com/descr...00000-4877db86
http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Driv...-386-46-0.html

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Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Photosmart 8100 Series (DOT4STORE)
Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Model
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Number of Partitions

Description DOT4 Mass Storage Class Bridge for IOS
Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
Model
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Number of Partitions
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Could it be that the "DOT4 Mass Storage Class Bridge for IOS" has
something to do with the USB stick or camera card interface on these
printers?

- Franc Zabkar
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