External USB device not always detected?
- From: Robijean@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 9 Sep 2005 11:21:47 -0700
I have an external hard disk with USB 2.0 and Windows XP. When I plug
the USB device to the computer, the first step is that it is always
detected and an icon is shown at the bottom right of the screen. ( I
select this icon to retrieve safely the peripheral before unplugging
the external device).
The usual second step is Windows goes through the directories, a window
opens asking if I want to use "Windows media player" and other choices
which I cancel that window.
Third step, I use Windows Explorer to select the file I want within the
external device.
The problem is: it goes to the second step once in a while! Therefore,
I can not have access to my files! What I do is I turn off/on the
external device and/or reboot the computer many times until the second
step takes off... So far, it takes off at random.
What should I do to get the second step running without turning on/off
the external device or the computer?
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