Removing Non-existant Driver From Win98 Setup

Hi! I have a Win98 mini-tower and have recently been experimenting with ISO files, and, somehow, a driver for a hardware I don't have, a SCSI DVD-ROM drive. I tried to remove it using the System control panel and restarting the system twice. It's still there. How else can I remove it?

 

I say if you have a Windows 98 system that is still running, don't mess with it!

As for your SCSI drive, understand that OS came out long before SATA drives did. Consequently, when older operating systems encountered a SATA drive, they had no clue how to label them. All they knew was they were not EIDE (now commonly called PATA) drives, so they simply called them SCSI drive. And that's okay.

 

I need the driver removed. It is nonexistant and messes up the computer's drive setup.

 

It has been so long since I've used W98, I don't remember where anything is. But to remove the driver, you need to go into Device Manager, find it, then remove it.

That said, a driver should be messing up your setup unless a device is connected and using that driver.

 

Again, I tried. Everytime I restart, the drive reappears. Is there another way to remove the driver? I might be able to change the drive assignment temporarily to revert the drive setup to what it was.

 

See if these links help:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/uninstall-hidden-devices-calling-ghostbuster/
https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/916373-pc/answers/51950-how-do-i-remove-drivers-in-windows-98se

 

Then that suggests there is a piece of hardware attached telling Windows it is that type device. If Max's links don't help, I suggest you make sure nothing is attached to the drive interfaces or USB ports of that computer. If none, then I am afraid I am at a loss and maybe you should look at a different ISO image.

 

Yes I too assumed nothing at all was attached/plugged in.

 

Okay. The phantom drive seems to be a remnant of my ISO-mounting software. I moved the drive letter away, and now thinks are working well enough. Sorry for the false alarm!

 

If it is a learning experience, it is not a waste of time. Thanks for posting your findings.

 

To add to Digerati's post...

When you installed the ISO-mounting software a virtual or image drive was installed - with drivers. Windows knows it's not an E-IDE or SATA or USB drive so it labels it as an SCSI drive. I use Windows 7 Ultimate and the same happens.
Also, my mobile Wi-Fi modem and AIO Wi-Fi printer, when connected via USB, show up as Removable Disks in Computer, and as Disk drives in Device Manager!

I wonder if the great Windows 10 is this confused...

 

Windows (regardless the version) gets the connected hardware information from that connected hardware. So if a device properly identifies itself, and if that Windows is a version that is aware of that hardware, it will be properly identified.

For example, I have a Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse "set" that share a single USB dongle receiver. Windows properly identifies it as such because the device tells Windows what it is. But I have an older generic card reader that does not. So Windows 10 reports it as an "Unknown USB Device".

I don't know about your mobile WiFi modem, but for your printer, if it has an integrated USB port or like my printer, a memory card reader (often used to print photos directly from a memory card/stick) it will show up as a removable drive.

 

This explains it. Thanks.
The printer has a USB port & memory card reader.
And the modem has a memory card slot.