Re: Explorer doesnt see USB Flash

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From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:49:30 -0700

Go back to Disk Management (Right click on My Computer, click Manage,
click Disk Management). Disk 0 is reserved for your first hard drive.
It should show up as Disk 1 or something else. If it is there, right
click on it and assign it a drive letter. If it isn't there, expand
Removable Storage, click on Media, right click on the device, click
Properties, make sure to check Enable Media, click OK. Now see if it
works. If not you may need to try this:

Remove the device from Device Manager by right clicking on it, then
uninstall it, then remove the device from the computer (physically). Now
open Registry Editior (Start-Run-regedit). Navigate to
HKLM\System\CCS\Enum\USB. Open each of the folders until you find the
one that contains info on your USB Device. Right click on the folder
that starts with Vid_Xxxx that contains the info about your USB device,
click Permission and allow full control. Then right click and delete
the folder. Now reboot, then plug the device back in. Hope that works
for ya, cause if it doesn't, you may need to do a clean install of
Windows or something else. 

----
Nathan McNulty
Buckshot wrote:
> I have a 32meg flash drive that, when plugged into a Win 
> XP machine, is recognized by the system (shows up on the 
> taskbar), but never shows up in Explorer. If I go to the 
> ADMIN TOOLS and click on disk management, it shows up, 
> but not with a letter assignment, just as DISK 0. I have 
> taken this same flash disk and installed on (4) XP 
> machines at work, and none of them will show it in 
> explorer. If I try it on a Win2000 it shows up 
> immediately, and everything works great. According to the 
> manufacturer, there is no need for drivers in XP or 
> Win2000, but ??  This flash drive works fine on a Win98 
> machine after installing the drivers, so I am guessing 
> its an XP issue, and not the drive.

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