Phantom CDRom Drive Keeps Returning

[Herve]

Whenever Windows 11 boots, it creates a phantom CDRom (drive letter L. I delete it using the command mountvol L: /d and it goes away. Next time I start Windows it returns. It's not listed in Disk Manager. I tried changing the drive letter of another drive to L: and file explorer won't open. It doesn't seem to be cause any problem, it's just annoying to see it there.

 

[RogerOver]

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[Herve]

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There's nothing to repair, it's a phantom drive. The actual CD/ROM drive works perfectly. As I said, this is a phantom drive letter than can be deleted, but returns the next time I start windows.

 

[vynski]

Whenever Windows 11 boots, it creates a phantom CDRom (drive letter L. I delete it using the command mountvol L: /d and it goes away. Next time I start Windows it returns. It's not listed in Disk Manager. I tried changing the drive letter of another drive to L: and file explorer won't open. It doesn't seem to be cause any problem, it's just annoying to see it there.

What your describing sounds like it may be the Windows 11 drive in the sky, your cloud drive.

 

[Herve]

The problem was caused by a past trial of UltraISO. It seems that UltrISO creates a service that emulates a CD/ROM drive, but when I uninstalled the app, it left this service behind. When I found the service the other day and deleted it the issue stopped. It appears the uninstall process wasn't complete. I hadn't noticed it because I only tried the app for about 30 minutes before I deleted it.

 

[Xploit Machine]

glad that you have solved it mate, it often occurs with UltraISO and PowerISO which creates "Virtual Drives"