Phantom USB Drive


  1. spookypuppy
    Posts : 3
    Windows 10 Pro v.22H2
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    Phantom USB Drive


    Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help me figure this out. I had my custom computer built on 9/5/2023 and since I got it home, every time I plug something into one of the rear panel USB ports, a greyed out USB drive shows up in File Explorer. I have disabled and uninstalled this drive in both Device Manager and Disk Management and yet it continues to reappear. I have also looked in the BIOS to see if it was listed there, however it was not. I am completely at a loss as to how to permanently rid myself of this ghost drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated., and thank you for taking the time to read this.

    Windows Version: 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3393)
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  3. RickC
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    Windows 10 Pro (+ Windows 10 Home VMs for testing)
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    Perhaps see if Nir Sofer's small, free, portable USBDeview shows properties of the phantom USB drive?

    Hope this helps...
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  4. spookypuppy
    Posts : 3
    Windows 10 Pro v.22H2
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    Thank you for your advice. I was able to unmount and remove the offending drive using diskpart, so I'm going to mark this one as solved
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