Unused Drives?

[Eloy_OK]

I've noticed that Disk 3 and 4 never has anything connected to them but they always remain open in 'This PC' and 'Disk Management' does window just save these spots for certain things or something else? It bothers me every time I see them cause i don't know what is up with them.

 

- Always shows up empty

- Nothing ever gets assigned to be F: or H: when something gets plugged in
- Why is it removable?

[Skiiwee29]

Do you have any type of card reader or SD reader?

[Windows7ge]

Do you know what physical drive or adapter they are associated with?

[Ashleyyyy]

it's likely a card reader. i have an old toshiba laptop that will assign a driveletter to the sd card even if nothing is plugged into it. that creates this effect. 

 

what hardware is this? is it a desktop or a laptop?

[Kisai]

3 hours ago, Eloy_OK said:

I've noticed that Disk 3 and 4 never has anything connected to them but they always remain open in 'This PC' and 'Disk Management' does window just save these spots for certain things or something else? It bothers me every time I see them cause i don't know what is up with them.

 

- Always shows up empty

- Nothing ever gets assigned to be F: or H: when something gets plugged in
- Why is it removable?

Why don't you take a look at the device manager and find out?

 

Disk 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all listed as removable, so they are likely connected via USB. If it's a multi-card reader, that would be the answer, as those aren't "one" device, they're typically 4-6 devices. 

 

[Eloy_OK]

Aaaahh yes, there is a SD and mSD card reader on the back of the usb hub i use, i have it mounted in place and i've forgotten they were there :L