Re: USB storage

Open Device Manager and uninstall it from there,reboot and plug-in the USB Flash drive now,the system should detect it.
Otherwise,you may try a different port.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

ram085 wrote:
I installed a USB Flash drive which shows up in Device Manager but not in My Computer. I followed the following procedure:

START
Control Panel
Performance and Maintanence
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
Disk Management

The next step is to Rt Clk on the drive but the drive is not listed.
Any help would be appreciated.
Bob

PS Other USB devices are working. 
.

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