Re: USB Flash Drives Malfunction

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what about drivers for the actual flash drives?

"Tom" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Recently, whenever I connect a USB flash drive to my PC Windows displays
> it as an 'unknown device' and says it can't be recognised and has
> malfunctioned. I have used 2 separate USB flash drives which are both
> different makes and different sizes, but both come up with this error. I
> have tried both on different USB ports and the result is the same. I tried
> both on different PCs, and they worked fine. I've connected other USB
> devices, such as headsets and external hard drives with no problems, it
> just seems to be flash drives.
>
> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling my USB controllers but to no
> avail, still says they've both malfunctioned. I'm using XP SP2.
>
> Any help appreciated.


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