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What is the Q: drive for?
Hello,
I have a relatively new Dell XPS 8300 desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium. It seems that my HD which came from the factory has been partitioned into a C: drive and a Q: drive. The Q: drive is inaccessible to me; I suppose that is by design. But what is the Q: drive for?
Thanks,
David
Vejay_Sarathy
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May 31st, 2012 04:00
That should be D drive - labelled as "Recovery" -> Can you post a screen shot of your "Computer" Page, we can find out based on what you see.
Do you have a Media card reader on your PC? maybe one of them.
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May 31st, 2012 06:00
Hi David,
No, it's not the recovery partition. It's installed by MS Office. It's for a stupid feature no one actually uses called "click-to-run". Just ignore it.
DELL-Venkat K
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June 5th, 2012 15:00
Hi David
Welcome to the community
It seems that you have received a computer with Microsoft Office Starter 2010, installed by factory. Example if any USB devices connected to system, it will detected as a drive like D, E, F...Etc. however once the same devices are disconnected and after reboot, the letter gets disappeared. This Q drive is virtual drive which is not accessible by end user in order to prevent accidental damage to Microsoft Office Starter's file structure. This drive will not impact the functionality of the Microsoft Office Starter 2010 product.
You can also check the detailed description given in the following website
http://bit.ly/MAmuDO