Phantom disks

Win7pro Computer Management - Disk Management shows two removable
drives: L: and P: " "Epson Storage USB Device"
(I have an Epson printer on USB)

It says:

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
\Device\Harddisk3(4)\DR9(10)"

I find no way to remove them, whatever they are.

Any ideas appreciated.

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masonc wrote:
Win7pro Computer Management - Disk Management shows two removable
drives: L: and P: " "Epson Storage USB Device"
(I have an Epson printer on USB)

It says:

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
\Device\Harddisk3(4)\DR9(10)"

I find no way to remove them, whatever they are.

Any ideas appreciated.

I take it, that the dialog said that, after you clicked on the icon ?

It shouldn't be asking for media, if the media is removable and
media currently isn't present. But, expect it to whine if you
click on it, and no media is actually in the drive.

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You can see some examples of hiding drives here. The
hiding being done here, is not a function of the media
state. Whether the device has media inserted or not, it
stays hidden. For an SD slot on a printer, this is probably
a reasonable choice (as nobody wastes their time reading
SD devices via their printer).

https://www.vistax64.com/threads/dri...unhide.155795/

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It's also possible to make a drive invisible, until the moment
media is inserted.

In this example, people are using the "Hide Empty Drives" setting
in File Explorer, and it doesn't work.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...a-78d820f6ea1a

Uwe has a utility, with a "NoMediaNoLetter" setting. The second
setting in the example, assigns drive letters to the card reader
(your printer). It's a good idea to move fluff drives like that,
so that they're not near either end of the letter space. Like
R,S,T,U would be good choices. Letter Q is used by Office OneClick,
and you probably shouldn't use that one (unless you never plan on
using Office).

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

[Settings]
NoMediaNoLetter=1

[DriveLetters]
DeviceType=MSCR
Letters=R,W

I think that utility is free. There are probably $$$ ones
out there too, for doing this.

HTH,
Paul

masonc wrote:

Win7pro Computer Management - Disk Management shows two removable
drives: L: and P: " "Epson Storage USB Device"
(I have an Epson printer on USB)

It says:

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
\Device\Harddisk3(4)\DR9(10)"

I find no way to remove them, whatever they are.

You have USB port(s) in the printer. You can plug USB drives into
those. They usually have very limited functionality, like they are
read-only ports: you plug-in a USB flash drive that already has files on
it. The printer may have a card reader (again with limited
functionality). Since the printer is connected via USB, its card reader
may be visible to the computer.

Since you did not identify that actual printer (Epson is a brand, not a
model), no one that uses that printer or reads the manual for you can
tell you how those printer's USB ports are used. If you don't use the
printer's USB ports, there may be a menu item in the printer to disable
those USB ports.

If the unidentified model of Epson printer has either USB ports (other
than for the connection from it to the computer) or a memory card slot,
what does the printer's manual say about using them and possibly
disabling them?

I apologize. I've had my Epson XP-600 several years and didn't know
it had a USB and a card-reader slot. Never used them, never will.
I use most of A to Z for partitions but *somehow* never saw their "L:"
and "P:" until now (where have they been hiding?). I now have hidden
them in Control Panel Folder Options. (Apparently they can now be
used for new partitions.)


On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:04:28 -0800, masonc
wrote:

Win7pro Computer Management - Disk Management shows two removable
drives: L: and P: " "Epson Storage USB Device"
(I have an Epson printer on USB)

It says:

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
\Device\Harddisk3(4)\DR9(10)"

I find no way to remove them, whatever they are.

Any ideas appreciated.

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