On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:49:23 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > Why would you want to do that? The virtual CD is not taking up any > > space on the disk > > oRly? Toshiba used to sell USB keys that came built in with a cd (or > hd?) partition that you couldn't get rid of but it took up space. > > They provided a windows utility that could erase it, and give the space > back to the primary partition.
If it is using space on the disk, then it is worth removing, but if it is in the firmware, there's no real point. > > and it is no longer visible on your system once you eject it. > > Why would you want to risk turning the drive into a brick > > to get rid of it when it's not really there anyway? > > Because it's annoying? Because it's wrong? Because it's there? But it's not, not once you eject the virtual CD. Is it really worth bricking your hardware and invalidating the warranty to get rid of something that disappears after a couple of microseconds anyway? -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed, well...darn.
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