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Phantom W: Drive?

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by bucko77 1 view

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Today I saw something I've never seen before and I was hoping someone could explain it...

After opening up Windows Explorer on a W95 running active desktop I was suprised to see a two W: drives listed. Clicking on the drives resulted in an error message stating that the drive was inaccesible.

Open another window of Explorer and the Drives are not there and refreshing the view of the WWeird screen makes the drives dissapear. Every third or fourth time you open explorer they reappear
My workmate informed me that his W98 machine does the same thing every now and then.

Can someone enlighten us please?

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by mmcdade

My apologies, Bucko77, I can't answer the question, but I *have* seen what you're describing (phantom W drive) both on Networked and personal PCs. I wanted to post (or at least chime in) to your question because I'm as curious as you are about it.
When I worked on a Help Desk, I asked the same question, but nobody knew the answer. So I'm with you -- I'd like to know!

by agiias

2nd non answer - (W95)Occassionally find two 'W' drives in windows explorer. Assumed it was temp area set by MS Office or cable connection, wasn't curious till now.

by bucko77

Thanks for that. I didn't actually check to see if anything was missing. I agree that it's not limited the scenario in the article. Seems to me it just does it when it feels like it!

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