Re: USB Flash Drive - SP2

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From: Edward W. Thompson (thomeduk1_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:39:08 +0100

Does your problem only relate to the flash drive or do you have a similar
problem with other USB devices? What I am getting at if other USB Devices
give a similar problem, the fault would seem to be with the machine whereas
if the problem is only the USB Flash Drive the fault sems to rest with the
Flash Drive.

The two things I would try is to reload the USB drivers by going to Device
Manager and deleting all references to USB then rebooting. If that doesn't
fix the problem I would transfer all data from the flash drive to a
'holding' folder on my HDD, then go to Device Manager-Admin Tools- Computer
Management-Disk Management and reformat the drive and try again. With luck
that should fix it.

There seems to be a number of posts by those with similar problems to
yourself so maybe there is another solution but I have not seen any
'definitive' solution to why SP2 doesn't seem to like some flash drives.

"Sable" <mewatsongbr@NOSPAMnetscape.net> wrote in message
news:MB0Wc.953$_a5.927@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>I recently bought a 128 Mb USB Flash Drive. This works perfectly under
> Windows XP SP1, however after installation of XP SP2 whenever I plug the
> drive into any USB port (I have 6) my computer crashes and reboots. My
> motherboard supports USB 2.0 and legacy USB too.
>
> If I insert the flash drive into a USB port when the computer is switched
> off and switch on, the presence of the drive is recognised - but I get the
> message that it is not formatted.
>
> My current options are:
> a) Don't install XP SP2 (which by the way works fine with everything else,
> including other USB devices);
> b) Install XP SP2 and don't use the Flash Drive.
>
> Ideally I would like to be able to use the Flash Drive under XP SP2.
>
> Since under XP no drivers are installed for these devices it seems to be
> some conflict which I am unsure how to resolve.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Here's hoping.
>
> Sable
>
>

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