Extra hard drive listed- Where did this come from?

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The discussion centers on an unidentified hard drive labeled as Q: appearing in the Computer directory of a Compaq SR5710F running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2. The user cannot access this drive, and it does not show up in Disk Management. Research indicates that this issue is linked to the installation of Microsoft Office 2010, which can create a virtual drive that is not physically present. The user confirmed this finding through a Google search, resolving their confusion regarding the extra drive.

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I see a hard disk drive (Q:) in my Computer directory but I don't know what it is. I recently reinstalled Windows and everything is fine except for this. I can't access it, it doesn't appear in Disk Management (when I right-click my computer icon and click Manage).

Here's a screenshot of what I have:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2932/clipboard02fb.jpg

Any ideas here?

Compaq SR5710F
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 2 (32bit)
AMD Athlon Dual Core Processor 4450e 2.30 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
SCSI Disk Device(931GB, IDE)
 
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Geeze. I hadn't thought to bother with searching for that term.

Well that explains it. Okay, thank you.
 

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