The file elbydelay.sys, known as Elby Delay Lower Filter Driver, belongs to software VirtualCloneDrive by Elaborate Bytes AG. VirtualcloneDrive is software that enables the user to create virtual drives and mount almost any ISO image unto the drive. VirtualCloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, and the created image files can be mounted into a virtual drive from the hard disc or from a network drive. The cloned CD/DVD images can be used in a manner similar to inserting the physical CD/DVD into a regular drive. Users of VirtualCloneDVD do not need to run the program since the menu in the My Computer window will give that option in the right mouse button menu. It can install up to eight virtual drives and is a very handy product if the user does not have a physical CD/DVD drive installed. Software and driver that are to be installed can be cloned and mounted in the virtual drives in the formats that are available.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. elbydelay.sys. is used by VirtualCloneDrive, If you shut down elbydelay.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop elbydelay.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is VirtualCloneDrive, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed elbydelay.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as VirtualCloneDrive, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if elbydelay.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that elbydelay.sys, belongs to, in this case VirtualCloneDrive