Can i remove this false drive

[Rambo3456]

i got this hidden drive labeled D: im assming its the drive that windows was installed off of because i used a bootable usb to insatall windows but can i remove this drive without causing problems to my computer

[Diego954]

This may seem like a stupid question but do you have a usb conected?

[Rambo3456]

5 minutes ago, Diego954 said:

This may seem like a stupid question but do you have a usb conected?

no if i plug in  a usb its a diffrent drive letter

 

[SysAdminInTraining]

Try using DSKCHK

 

https://neosmart.net/wiki/chkdsk/

 

I've used this a time or two to fix messed up USB Drives.

[QueenDemetria]

1 hour ago, AddisonHawke said:

i got this hidden drive labeled D: im assming its the drive that windows was installed off of because i used a bootable usb to insatall windows but can i remove this drive without causing problems to my computer

 

 

 

First off, what kind of machine is this? If its a laptop or a desktop with a card reader, this is just showing the card reader as a blank drive.

[asdf2061]

^^ Haunted Hardware Episode 2 right here. Linus needs to make a video about this.

[Rambo3456]

25 minutes ago, QueenDemetria said:

First off, what kind of machine is this? If its a laptop or a desktop with a card reader, this is just showing the card reader as a blank drive.

its a desktop i got 1 HDD and 1 optical drive thats it you can see that they are both being showed up