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Phantom drive Windows 7

kkelly77 · 2011-11-28 20:50:09

A friend of mine has a Dell laptop running Windows 7. Recently he has a phantom drive showing (nothing plugged into USB ports). His machine keeps making the 'drive removal sound' which is driving him nuts. I found online it's a known issue with having Office 2010 installed but he is running Office 2007. Anyone know of a…

28-11-2011 09:50PM

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kkelly77

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A friend of mine has a Dell laptop running Windows 7. Recently he has a phantom drive showing (nothing plugged into USB ports). His machine keeps making the 'drive removal sound' which is driving him nuts.

I found online it's a known issue with having Office 2010 installed but he is running Office 2007. Anyone know of a fix for this? I can't find anything online or on MS support site. Thanks.

Edit: Just found this thread on Technet.

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#2 28-11-2011 10:59PM

matt-dublin

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that technet thread doesn't sound like its anything to so with your mates issue?

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