Hi,

I have a bunch of new lenovo desktop machines and after ghosting I can't get
a USB key to work. Basically what happens is when you insert the key it pops
up and says it found new hardware, and to install a driver for it. The
wizard goes through and can't find a driver. The issue is bigger than just
USB keys, as it can't find a driver for anything that I install. ie. I
installed a regular IDE hard drive and it does the same thing. After going
into device manager I tried to uninstall a device and then rescan for new
hardware. It finds the device that i just deleted, but can't install a
driver for it. Another thing I have found is that, after going into safe
mode, all of my driver problems are gone. I can use USB keys, install and
uninstall devices without problems. After using a USB key in safe mode it
will work in regular mode just fine, but only that particular key, if a
different key is used, then it will prompt for drivers again. Any help would
be appreciated.

"tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:998FB247-3AE6-4D8E-B014-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have a bunch of new lenovo desktop machines and after ghosting I can't
get
> a USB key to work. Basically what happens is when you insert the key it
pops
> up and says it found new hardware, and to install a driver for it. The
> wizard goes through and can't find a driver. The issue is bigger than
just
> USB keys, as it can't find a driver for anything that I install. ie. I
> installed a regular IDE hard drive and it does the same thing. After
going
> into device manager I tried to uninstall a device and then rescan for new
> hardware. It finds the device that i just deleted, but can't install a
> driver for it. Another thing I have found is that, after going into safe
> mode, all of my driver problems are gone. I can use USB keys, install and
> uninstall devices without problems. After using a USB key in safe mode it
> will work in regular mode just fine, but only that particular key, if a
> different key is used, then it will prompt for drivers again. Any help
would
> be appreciated.

Check your system drive letter. Is it still C: or has it perhaps changed to
E: or F:?

The drive letter is C for the hard drive. USB keys don't need drivers as
they are already in XP. The problem is that any new device pops up the new
hardware wizard, and request a driver. If you point it to any location it
says it can't find a driver. If you do the same thing in safe mode it works
fine.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:998FB247-3AE6-4D8E-B014-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a bunch of new lenovo desktop machines and after ghosting I can't
> get
> > a USB key to work. Basically what happens is when you insert the key it
> pops
> > up and says it found new hardware, and to install a driver for it. The
> > wizard goes through and can't find a driver. The issue is bigger than
> just
> > USB keys, as it can't find a driver for anything that I install. ie. I
> > installed a regular IDE hard drive and it does the same thing. After
> going
> > into device manager I tried to uninstall a device and then rescan for new
> > hardware. It finds the device that i just deleted, but can't install a
> > driver for it. Another thing I have found is that, after going into safe
> > mode, all of my driver problems are gone. I can use USB keys, install and
> > uninstall devices without problems. After using a USB key in safe mode it
> > will work in regular mode just fine, but only that particular key, if a
> > different key is used, then it will prompt for drivers again. Any help
> would
> > be appreciated.
>
> Check your system drive letter. Is it still C: or has it perhaps changed to
> E: or F:?
>
>
>