WD500 labeled as a "CD-ROM" by Windows XP--can't reformat it

[Ayhan_Dursun]

Hi,

Read this. It may be what you are looking for. It appears you can hide the VCD Drive, but cannot remove it. Hope this is what you need to know.

http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-for-PC/How-do-you-remove-the-WD-Smartware-virtual-CD-drive-from-your/m-p/20041#M1229

VCD Manager can be downlaoded from here

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/utilitiesstep2.asp?id=wdfMP_Studio&os=WIN

Ayhan