Cd rom that doen't exist

[lombardo65]

I have 2 hardrives installed, no problem (drives c,d) and an msi dvd burner(drive e) plus a dvd drive (drive f). I'm running windows xp pro but when i check in my computer i have an extra drive, G as a cd drive.

I checked the disk management screen and thats telling me i only have drives c to f, so how did i get this extra drive that does not exist, and more importantly how do i get rid of it. I've tried just about everything. Any help would be gratefully accepted

 

[Nodsu]

What do the properties of the "g" drive say?
Mybe you have two partitions on one of the hard drives? Or maybe a virtual HD/CD?

 

[lombardo65]

G drive just states cd drive, i formatted the D drive and still this ghost drive G appears. i tried sometime ago to reassign the drive letters which it did but now this ghost seems to be a legacy of that. All i want to do is remove it and i can't find a way to do it

 

[Nodsu]

The drive should also exist in Device Manager. Try deleting it there.