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    I just put a Scythe Karma Panel (multi card reader) in my computer and noticed that it has put a ton of extra drives in. My question is, are these drives necessary? If not how do I get rid of them. If they are necessary can I hide them? If I do hide them will it interfere with the performance of the card reader when I want to use it Any help appreciated
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    Re: Card Reader adding extra drives

    Card readers generally add 4+ drives when you install them. You can possibly disable them, so they won't show up but they obviously won't work.
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    • #3
      Re: Card Reader adding extra drives

      ...what casecutter said ^^^^. Might I ask why the extra drives disturb you?
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      • #4
        Re: Card Reader adding extra drives

        just out of curiosity, having never had a card reader before it caught me out, thanks for the help
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        • #5
          Re: Card Reader adding extra drives

          Ahh.... o.k. I was afraid that you might have a deep seated fear of the letters "H", "I", "J" and "K". LOL
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          • #6
            Re: Card Reader adding extra drives

            There are a few card readers which only add one drive letter even though they support multiple cards you can only read/write from a single type at a time though. Someone gave me a generic one of these which is OEM and has no branding on it.

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