problems to remove virtual drives
This is a discussion about problems to remove virtual drives in the Everything New Technology category; i got some problems with further used virtual devices (cdroms). i`ve been using deamon tools and after the deinstallation of the prog the virtual drives won`t dissapear. now i can`t get rid of them and they`re blocking my driveletters.
i got some problems with further used virtual devices (cdroms).
i`ve been using deamon tools and after the deinstallation of the prog the virtual drives won`t dissapear. now i can`t get rid of them and they`re blocking my driveletters. does anybody know how i can kick them out???? my os is win2k..........thx for your support
i`ve been using deamon tools and after the deinstallation of the prog the virtual drives won`t dissapear. now i can`t get rid of them and they`re blocking my driveletters. does anybody know how i can kick them out???? my os is win2k..........thx for your support
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1. Open device manager (SCSI/RAID Controllers section) and delete SCSI controller with name corresponding with name of Daemon driver
(miniport driver name).
If you have problems doing it (eg. system crashes) then start from step 3 (skip steps 1 and 2).
2. Open device manager (System devices section) and delete device with driver corresponding with Daemon driver (bus driver name). In current versions of Daemon Tools it is 'PnP BIOS Extension' but most likely it may change in next versions. Again, if you have some problems doing it, skip this step
3. Find Daemon driver files in Windows\System32\Drivers folder
(in Win95/98/ME also check Windows\System\IOSUBSYS folder).
Make sure your system is configured to display system files (ControlPanel->Tools->FolderOptions->View) in order you can see them. Delete Daemon driver files.
4. In WinNT/2000/XP/2003 open registry editor and check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services for entries with same names as Daemon driver files. Delete these keys.
5. Reboot your system. If you executed steps 1 and 2 then you don't need to do anything anymore. Otherwise proceed to next step.
6. Go to device manager - you may see some device with yellow mark.
This is most likely Daemon device which cannot start because it's drivers are deleted. Delete this device from Device Manager.
1. Open device manager (SCSI/RAID Controllers section) and delete SCSI controller with name corresponding with name of Daemon driver
(miniport driver name).
If you have problems doing it (eg. system crashes) then start from step 3 (skip steps 1 and 2).
2. Open device manager (System devices section) and delete device with driver corresponding with Daemon driver (bus driver name). In current versions of Daemon Tools it is 'PnP BIOS Extension' but most likely it may change in next versions. Again, if you have some problems doing it, skip this step
3. Find Daemon driver files in Windows\System32\Drivers folder
(in Win95/98/ME also check Windows\System\IOSUBSYS folder).
Make sure your system is configured to display system files (ControlPanel->Tools->FolderOptions->View) in order you can see them. Delete Daemon driver files.
4. In WinNT/2000/XP/2003 open registry editor and check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services for entries with same names as Daemon driver files. Delete these keys.
5. Reboot your system. If you executed steps 1 and 2 then you don't need to do anything anymore. Otherwise proceed to next step.
6. Go to device manager - you may see some device with yellow mark.
This is most likely Daemon device which cannot start because it's drivers are deleted. Delete this device from Device Manager.
