New dv5-1235dx: showing 2 hard drives, 1 CD player and 1 DVD player

I bought a new laptop dv5-1235dx last week and while I obviously only have 1 disk drive, I shows that I have 1 drive (F) and 1 DVD RW (E). Displays Device Manager only 1 drive installed, and CD & DVD appear on the drive from DVD (E).

I downloaded & installed all the drivers of HP & Windows updates, google this problem and sought in these Support forums.

Can someone inform me why this is show this, and maybe how to get rid of the 'CD player '?

Thank you!

Message edited by Carvin on 28/05/2009 10:37

Problem solved.

Another forum directed me to "virtual drives", PowerISO had a virtual drive that is put in place.

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