Re: USB device not recognised

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thankyou Cari!!
i had forgotten to install the chipset drivers...idiot!
so i did that and then re-assigned the drive letter and bingo!
thanks again
nige

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> After you did the installation of XP, did you remember to install the
> motherboard chipset drivers?
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> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
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> "nige" <nige@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EE7E1E4E-7747-41B8-9350-BCE6916F8851@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > the drive does not appear anywhere in 'Manage'.
> > nige
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
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> >> Right click on My Computer... select Manage. On the following screen,
> >> select Disk Management. Is the 'drive' of the MP3 player now appearing
> >> on
> >> the right hand side of the screen? If so, assign it a drive letter.
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> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Printing & Imaging
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> >> "nige" <nige@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:171CAD46-254C-4475-B552-022E5A4A337A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >i have an iAudio M3 20Gb portable hardrive/mp3 player.
> >> > this device has worked faultlessly on too many different computers to
> >> > mention. from apple to pc and across all operating systems.
> >> > i recently did a re-format and reinstall on my machine, and went from
> >> > win
> >> > 2000pro to win XPpro. eversince this install i have had problems with
> >> > my
> >> > usb
> >> > devices (camera also, although that now works).
> >> > my device is installed on connecting and the bubble recognises the
> >> > device,
> >> > and says it is installed and ready to use. however when i open the
> >> > proprietry
> >> > software it says device not connected.
> >> > when i browse in my computer, there is no drive listed.... even though
> >> > the
> >> > icon in the bottom right by the clock for 'safely remove hardware' is
> >> > present.
> >> > what is going on?
> >> > please help, as i dont want to have to re-install everything
> >> > again...already
> >> > lost 2 days of work on the ***!!
> >> > thanks
> >>
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