Removable disk drives(E,F,G,H) appearing when no devices are connected

I have been doing some android development and using my phone to run the apps. Yesterday the removable drives(E,F,G and H) showed in my computer yet there are no devices connected. It is persistent. What could cause these drives to appear?

Hi,
Generally speaking, this problem should be caused by Virtual Device driver installed in your system.
To fix this problem, please access to Device Manager to check if there is any new drives were added recently.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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