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Brad1138

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I bought a new M.2 drive (1 TB WD_BLACK). After installing it, instead of the standard icon hard drives usually get, it got the Google Drive icon. If it's just an icon glitch, I'll just change it, but I want to make sure it isn't something more (I hate Google Drive).

Any idea what's up and why this happened?

Screenshot 2023-09-22 172830.png
 

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Just in case this is useful...

Screenshot 2023-09-22 174341.png
 

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Now that is really weird. That is a custom icon and not included in shell icon folder. I know because I downloaded that same icon which I used when mapping my Google Drive to a drive letter. The only way that I can think of that the google drive icon got assigned to the drive is if someone assigned that particular icon. Is there a possibility that the new drive had been used before? It may well be one someone else returned.

In File Explorer click the 3 dots>select options>Folder options will pop up>click View tab>put a check by "Show hidden files, folder, drives>click apply.click OK

In file Explorer, open that drive. Do you see 2 files there? One named autorun.inf, the other an .ico file with the Google drive symbol beside it?

If so, someone has handled that drive before.
Let me know. I'm really interested.

If the 2 files are there, you can delete them which will remove the icon, but personally, if I bought a new drive and could prove it had been used before I would return it for a replacement.
 

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I also suspect the drive has been used & therefore isn’t new. Did the drive come in official packaging?
Was it purchased via a PC/general store or via a third party site (eBay, Amazon)?
 

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glasskuter said:
Now that is really weird. That is a custom icon and not included in shell icon folder. I know because I downloaded that same icon which I used when mapping my Google Drive to a drive letter. The only way that I can think of that the google drive icon got assigned to the drive is if someone assigned that particular icon. Is there a possibility that the new drive had been used before? It may well be one someone else returned.

In File Explorer click the 3 dots>select options>Folder options will pop up>click View tab>put a check by "Show hidden files, folder, drives>click apply.click OK

In file Explorer, open that drive. Do you see 2 files there? One named autorun.inf, the other an .ico file with the Google drive symbol beside it?

If so, someone has handled that drive before.
Let me know. I'm really interested.

If the 2 files are there, you can delete them which will remove the icon, but personally, if I bought a new drive and could prove it had been used before I would return it for a replacement.
Click to expand...
Bastet said:
I also suspect the drive has been used & therefore isn’t new. Did the drive come in official packaging?
Was it purchased via a PC/general store or via a third party site (eBay, Amazon)?
Click to expand...
Thanks,

I bought it from NewEgg, it came in sealed factory package. Western Digital BLACK SN850X NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2XHE - Newegg.com

There are no hidden files.

Crystal Disk Info shows it to be new.

Screenshot 2023-09-23 083227.png
 

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    GIGABYTE B550 GAMING X V2
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    CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200
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    Zotac 3060ti
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    LG 32" 165 Hz QHD
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    2560 x 1440
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    Team Group MP33 M.2 2280 512GB, WD_BLACK 1TB M.2, Seagate 3TB External
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Do you have Google Sync installed? Maybe it's assuming you want to backup a newly discovered drive, and has "claimed" it.
 

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Garlin,
How can we tell if we have Google Sync installed? Also, if we do, is there there a silent uninstall command? Thank You
 

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    Insert AIM ICON :)
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    The first one I find to double click on.
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garlin said:
Do you have Google Sync installed? Maybe it's assuming you want to backup a newly discovered drive, and has "claimed" it.
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I don't think so, only if it installed itself.

I just looked, "Google Drive" was installed the same day I installed the SSD... :unsure: (but no Sync)

When I launched "Google Drive", it fixed the icon and created a new drive with that icon. So it looks like it was Google messing things up.

I'll see if it stays fixed after a reboot.

*Correction to the OP, I "hate" Google backing up my stuff w/o my permission, not necessarily "Google Drive".Screenshot 2023-09-23 115516.png
 

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I installed Googlechromeenterprise64bit.msi only on a laptop and did not sign into google or sync. Two days later on the Start menu was "Chrome Apps". Each shortcut in the Chrome Apps folder points to chrome_proxy.exe. It auto downloaded the shortcuts it seems.
 

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    The first one I find to double click on.
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After reboot :)

Screenshot 2023-09-23 121209.png

Thanks all
 

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Hi, Just to say I've had the same problem with a USB drive. Having read this thread, I started Google Drive, then renamed the rogue USB drive as "USB drive". For some reason, it was showing as "New Volume". After fiddling, it seems to be showing the right icon in both File Manager and Files
 

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