Re: Invisible USB



Alec:
It's possible your flash drive lost its drive assignment letter. Access Disk
Management (Start > right-click My Computer > Manage > Computer Management >
Disk Management) and see if the drive is listed there. Right-click on it and
see if you can assign it a drive letter.
Anna


"Alec Keep" <AlecKeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0EC00281-3BF8-497B-8A1A-BC8A44FC3850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am using XP (Service Pack 2) at work in Liverpool, England.
>
> I put a Flash storage device in a USB port this morning, but the device
> didn't appear in My Computer like it normally does.
>
> I looked in the device manager, and the memory stick was listed normally
> under 'USB controllers', and described as working properly in the status
> box.
> The stick is fine: it works in my boss's computer. I've followed the
> device
> manager troubleshooter right the way through to uninstalling the USB
> drivers,
> but to no avail.
>
> The problem might have arisen last week, when I plugged a digital camera
> into the USB port without having installed the camera driver. I've since
> installed, and then uninstalled the camera driver, but it made no
> difference.
>
> When I plug the flash memory stick into the USB, the stick lights up as
> normal.
>
> Why isn't it appearing as a removable storage device in My Computer?
> --
> Alec


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