How do you remove the WD Smartware virtual CD drive from your system?

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You can uninstall SmartWare, and you can reformat the drive, but it won’t remove the VCD.  We made it so that the firmware will hide the VCD if you use the VCD Manager.  There was a link on the page that I sent you for how to do that.  It’s below.  Read through it before you download and Install the VCD Manager.

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdsmartwareutilities