I recently got a new motherboard that came with a flash drive, but it's showing up in Windows 11 Explorer as two separate drives: one as a USB drive and another as a CD drive. I don't need the contents on it, which includes a bunch of drivers and BIOS updates. Is there a way to change it so that it shows up as a single USB drive? I've tried using the disk management tool, but it doesn't allow me to delete the volume, and the CD drive contents are read-only, preventing any deletion.
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You might have better luck using PowerShell with Diskpart to fix this if Disk Management is giving you a hard time. It's usually a good tool for managing disks that are locked. Just a heads up, formatting it as FAT32 or exFAT could help depending on your needs. I found some instructions that might help you out: [Instructions](https://gist.github.com/krisbolton/fc34ee629721d979f9f4275cba8dcfe5).
Also check this out from Disk Management: [Disk Manager Screenshot](https://preview.redd.it/dx39frvk5c4g1.png?width=740&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8722b9e6d6bf769bd88cb1ecc433b7fdefdca50). It might give you some clues.
I tried cleaning and formatting it in PowerShell as an admin, but nothing changed. Here’s what it looks like on my PC: [USB Screenshot](https://preview.redd.it/ymw4j1xh5c4g1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc7a57b1c655767c3c06d457603ab1dae81d1cb0).