View original (French)

Ghost hard drive

Solved
anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor -  
 ryuuzaki -
Hello, I noticed this morning that in "computer" a hard drive (Local disk (Q:)) is detected, but when I click on it, I get a message that says: "Location not available (in title) - Q:/ is not accessible. Access denied."
I wonder where this comes from, and also I have never connected an external hard drive. I wonder if it could be a virus, but my antivirus doesn't detect anything.

Thank you in advance for your future responses.

Configuration: Windows 7 / Internet Explorer 7.0

7 answers

  1.
    le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
     
    Hi,

    take a look in disk management to see if you see that drive. Right click on Computer and then on Manage

    the druid without the potion.
    1
    1. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
       
      This reader does not appear, but there is another one without a name (14.65GB) that is empty.
      Is this normal?
      0
  2. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
     
    Is it a partition or a hard drive?

    Do you have a branded PC?

    Can you post a screenshot of the disk management on an image hosting site and post the link here so I can take a closer look?

    The druid without the potion.
    0
    1. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
       
      This is a score (I believe)
      http://www.heberger-image.fr/images/12059_Capture.png.html
      http://www.heberger-image.fr/images/66193_Capture1.png.html
      my PC is an Asus
      0
  3. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
     
    Seen! You have a single hard drive but three partitions; the 14GB one is certainly the recovery partition to restore your system in case of major issues.

    If it is not visible in the workstation (Computer), then it is indeed a recovery partition.
    --

    The druid without the potion.
    0
  4. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
     
    for the ghost there remains to be seen... Virus or modification... of the register
    --

    the druid without the potion.
    0
    1. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
       
      Yes, but why is the 14GB partition empty?
      Shouldn't it be full?
      0
    2. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
       
      How empty it is! Can you explore?
      0
    3. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
       
      Sorry for the delay
      No, I can't explore it, but it says it's empty
      And for the "ghost", I can't do anything, not even analyze it, nor format it... nothing
      0
    4. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
       
      Confirmation for your 14GB partition, if it appears empty and unexploitable, it is indeed a partition used for restoring your system to its factory state.

      It may seem empty to you, but know that it is not. It is a protected partition, so its contents cannot be viewed.

      For your ghost drive, try restoring to a date prior to this issue.
      0
  6. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
     
    I restored it but still having the same problem.
    0
  7. anthodu01 Posted messages 1562 Status Contributor 209
     
    It's all good, I managed to remove it, actually it was MS Office 2010 that had installed this hard drive for me.
    0
  8. le druide Posted messages 40644 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 616
     
    MS Office that is starting to do virtualization! ...

    What is this invention?

    the druid without the potion.
    0
    1. ryuuzaki
       
      I had the same surprise tonight with the Office 2010 trial version...
      0