Re: Removeable USB Drive Shows Up As Disconnected Network Drive

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From: Trent© (trentsauder_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:39:39 -0500

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 06:25:06 -0800, je7383 <Jeff7383@anon.postalias>
wrote:

>The icon that I'm referring to is it's representation in My Computer or
>Explorer.
>And yes, you'd think that either the drive is connected or disconnected, but
>that's not the case in this situation, there in lies my problem.
>
>The description in My Computer says that drive E is a disconnected network
>drive, but I can access the LOCAL card reader just by clicking on the drive E
>icon. When I create a shortcut to the drive on the desktop, everything comes
>up the way it should, i.e. it displays as a removeable drive with the correct
>icon associated with it. That is , it shows up correctly on the desktop, but
>still shows up as a disconnected network drive, with the network drive icon
>type and description, in explorer and My Computer.

Why is this important to you? That's simply the way Windows works
sometimes. Its never been known to be completely accurate! lol

>Other than displaying incorrectly in Explorer / My Computer and not
>automatically opening when inserted, everything appears the way it should.

You mean when inserting a card? Its not supposed to. It works
similar to a floppy drive. All you see is the DRIVE. When you put a
card in, you can read the card...similar to putting a floppy into a
floppy drive.

>I
>can access all of the files on the drive, it shows up correctly in the Safely
>Remove Hardware dialog box, it is identified correctly when I look at the
>power tab of the root hub, and otherwise works as it should.

Whoop!...there it is!!! lol

>
>It just shows the wrong description and type in My Computer / Explorer, and
>the drive does not go away when it is removed. The mapping for E: still
>appears in My Computer / Explorer as a disconnected network drive.

All that is that way by design.

There is nothing wrong with your set...do not try to adjust the
horizontal...do not try to adjust the vertical...

lol

Good luck.

Have a nice one...

Trent

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