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When I plug my USB flash memory into my computer it sees the drive and even assigns it a drive letter. I can see it in Disk Management but it doesn't show up in Explorer or My Computer which makes it a tad tricky to use. Anyone got an idea of what to do? I've checked auto run settings etc and they're all at the supposed correct settings. I'm drawings blanks right now. |
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I had a problem like that once, and, ironically, the problem was that the usb device or windows or something somehow had installed special drivers for the device, meaning I had to use some special program (that it didn't install) to access it. The solution was to just uninstall the drivers, and then it worked like it should. |
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It was working fine up until last Friday. Then it all went gash. |
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backup/rollback/whateverit'scalled? |
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Nothing to rollback to. |
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It seems that the best way round it is to go into Disk Management, right click and go to open. No address in the address bar though. Going straight to the drive letter does fuck all. Just says it doesn't exist. I'm fucking lost. Fuck you windows. FUCK YOU |
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reformat the drive. |
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In drive management, right click on it and see what's in "change drive letters and paths". Try removing whatever's there or assigning a different high letter like X or Y, OR you can assign a mount folder just like in Linux, IIRC. |
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I meant disk management, duh |
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yep, that's the fix. it started happening to me last week too, incidentally, and it happened to be taking the same drive letter that a network share was mapped to.. :/ |
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That's what I tried first. This is why it's so annoying. My drives have always gone to network shares. Specifically G. Once you set a certain drive to another letter it's fine. However, this is now being jackson. |
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have you solved it ? |
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Not properly. I've got a workaround which is the one I described earlier. I would ask the IT dept but they're incompetent. Apparently someone else being unable to open a jpg is because I have a different version of Office. Nevermind that the jpg has never been near an office program on my computer. |
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because i have a solution maybe: did you put the flash into different usb slots sometimes? if yes try to use another slot. windows has this weird thing with usb connections that it somehow saves in the registry in which port you have sticked which device. i had something similar with that with my x-station - i once putted it by accident into another slot than usual and i completely stopped working on any slot at all. i have seen once on the internet a tutorial how to "reset" this saved information in the registry so everything should get back to normal. maybe you have a look ? |
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i want a full CD of fleetmouse talking the computer talk |
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Nice tip dude. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow. |
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Coming from someone in IT, 1: Find out the MFG and MODEL NO. of your USB Flash drive. 2: Goto MFG website, and download latest drivers, user manual, any Install or Setup ReadMe files, and any NECESSARY software (if available) for your products MODEL NO. 3: RTFM (Read The F&@%ING Manual)... (And no, not the whole manual, just anything to do with Computer Requirements, Installing, Setup, Troubleshooting, FAQ's, etc. 4: Only after reading the manual, should you do anything, but basically it will probably tell you to install the drivers from the CD or the ones you just downloaded from their website earlier. 5. Regarding what Sadist said a couple posts before this, you need to know WHICH PORT you're using. If you're on Windows XP with admin privelages, then goto start > control panel > administrative tools > computer management > device manager. Change view to "device by connection" and choose "show hidden devices." Now, expand the device tree until you find your USB ports... if you have other USB devices, this is where you'll see how they are connected. If you see your USB Flash Drive under a port, Right Click it, goto properties, and then under the drivers tab, find out what the drivers are, as in the path to the drivers, the names of the driver files and then the version of each. The drivers from the MFG website will always be the best, so if the drivers listed in dev mngr are not the same as the ones from the MFG drivers, then uninstall the others and load the MFG drivers. RTFM if you don't know how (FYI, Drivers have a .inf extension). If you suspect you might have connected this USB Memory drive to other ports on your computer, then you'll need to connect it to each, and check the drivers loaded for each... (This is the pain in the ass that Sadist is talking about). 6. Other things you can check: Are your USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Is your USB Flash Drive USB 2.0 or 1.0? Do you have Service Pack 2, and is your Windows Update running and current? good luck |
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Cheers for that extensive list. I wish you worked for the IT department where I work. 1. Got that. 2. There are no drivers. It was a U3 drive but I uninstalled that stuff using the remover they supplied. It worked fine for about a month after that. Maybe longer. 3. The manual was a slip of paper basically. Nothing about drivers on there. 4. Definitely no CD and the website has no mention of drivers for this stick. 5. Going through this now. Sounds like it could be good. 6. Yep, they're USB 2.0. Running XP SP2. My Windows Update is out of my control however so I can't check that everything is updated myself. One thing I just realised is that there was a windows update that ran just before I had this problem. I don't know if that's something. Thanks for your help. |
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