How do I get rid of unused drives shown on 'My Computer' ? Over the past year I've had a number of flash drives plugged in at the same time shown as Drive D, Drive E, Drive F etc. None are there now but the icons still are on screen and right clicking doesn't bring up a 'delete' option.....
If you've installed a front panel extra which has options for plugging in other devices, including one or several flash (usb) drives and possibly a card reader, these various "drives" can linger on in My Computer even when they are not actually hosting an external device. It seems to be part of the installation software that they remain as potential physical drives when the devices they play host to are absent.
I have these on two of my XP boxes, and that's what I see here.
Regards,
FoR