Unable to create folders on usb drives

Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
create new folders on external drives, also unable to
move files to or from the drive. Thanks

What happens when you try to do so, any error messages?

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:09ee01c490e6$fda7ffe0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
> create new folders on external drives, also unable to
> move files to or from the drive. Thanks

I too cannot get generic drives to show in the drive tree
in My Computer. I noticed this when I tried to download
vacation pix off my Sony Cybershot DSC-70 digital still
camera. Always worked before. Now when I plug in the
camera to download, the icon to safely remove the device
appears in the tray, everything is happy in hardware
profiles (this device is working, no conflicts, no red x's
or any of that stuff), Sony DSC shows in the USB list, no
conflicts, everything AOK. Just no F: (generic,
removable) drive in the tree with the other drives as
before. No error messages, just nothing happens in the
tree.

I have found by right clicking on My Computer and
selecting "Manage" and then selecting "Drive Manager" from
that tree, I can get my removable, generic (Sony camera)
volume to appear and allow itself to be opened. A few
more keystrokes, but seems to work just fine. Still,
baffled by the sudden change.

The only thing I can think of is SP2 downloaded another
driver for the Sony camera when I upgraded last week. Or a
switch was set during installation? I did notice I had to
re-enter some stuff in Outlook to send e-mail again after
the SP2 upgrade. Could this be something like that?

The switch thing occurred to me because of others who
haven't upgraded to SP2 have the same problem periodically.
I noticed before SP2 that the order in which I connected
the camera to the USB port, powering it up, and opening
Windows Explorer, made a difference in if the volume would
appear in the drive tree.

My .02
>-----Original Message-----
>What happens when you try to do so, any error messages?
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:09ee01c490e6$fda7ffe0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
>> create new folders on external drives, also unable to
>> move files to or from the drive. Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Maybe it didn't change the driver at all. However, since the environment
changed with the installation of SP2, perhaps you need a new driver. Have
you checked the Sony site for updated software and/or contacted them with
regard to compatibility with SP2.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Me2" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17c601c49520$ffca5a00$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
>I too cannot get generic drives to show in the drive tree
> in My Computer. I noticed this when I tried to download
> vacation pix off my Sony Cybershot DSC-70 digital still
> camera. Always worked before. Now when I plug in the
> camera to download, the icon to safely remove the device
> appears in the tray, everything is happy in hardware
> profiles (this device is working, no conflicts, no red x's
> or any of that stuff), Sony DSC shows in the USB list, no
> conflicts, everything AOK. Just no F: (generic,
> removable) drive in the tree with the other drives as
> before. No error messages, just nothing happens in the
> tree.
>
> I have found by right clicking on My Computer and
> selecting "Manage" and then selecting "Drive Manager" from
> that tree, I can get my removable, generic (Sony camera)
> volume to appear and allow itself to be opened. A few
> more keystrokes, but seems to work just fine. Still,
> baffled by the sudden change.
>
> The only thing I can think of is SP2 downloaded another
> driver for the Sony camera when I upgraded last week. Or a
> switch was set during installation? I did notice I had to
> re-enter some stuff in Outlook to send e-mail again after
> the SP2 upgrade. Could this be something like that?
>
> The switch thing occurred to me because of others who
> haven't upgraded to SP2 have the same problem periodically.
> I noticed before SP2 that the order in which I connected
> the camera to the USB port, powering it up, and opening
> Windows Explorer, made a difference in if the volume would
> appear in the drive tree.
>
> My .02
>>-----Original Message-----
>>What happens when you try to do so, any error messages?
>>
>>--
>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>Windows Shell/User
>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:09ee01c490e6$fda7ffe0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
>>> create new folders on external drives, also unable to
>>> move files to or from the drive. Thanks
>>
>>
>>.
>>

SOLVED IT! For MY situation anyway, it did turn out to be
a "switch-like" scenerio. I eliminated the USB driver
scenario as my Sidewinder joystick with USB connector
operated normally. I eliminated a bad cable because I
could still get to my DSC folders through Disk Management.
I then went into my Tweak UI (It's saved my bacon a time
or two.) and clicked on the My Computer tab and then
Drives. The list of all possible drive names are listed
and the ones appearing in My Computer are checked. The F:
drive (generic volume) was unchecked (because my camera
was not connected when I updated to SP2 perhaps?). I
checked the box, closed TUI and there was my camera,
accessable in the drive tree in My Computer once again. I
Even plugged it in to the USB port with Windows explorer
closed and it opened up the DSC folders.

>-----Original Message-----
>Maybe it didn't change the driver at all. However, since
the environment
>changed with the installation of SP2, perhaps you need a
new driver. Have
>you checked the Sony site for updated software and/or
contacted them with
>regard to compatibility with SP2.
>
>--
>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>"Me2" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:17c601c49520$ffca5a00$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
>>I too cannot get generic drives to show in the drive tree
>> in My Computer. I noticed this when I tried to download
>> vacation pix off my Sony Cybershot DSC-70 digital still
>> camera. Always worked before. Now when I plug in the
>> camera to download, the icon to safely remove the device
>> appears in the tray, everything is happy in hardware
>> profiles (this device is working, no conflicts, no red
x's
>> or any of that stuff), Sony DSC shows in the USB list,
no
>> conflicts, everything AOK. Just no F: (generic,
>> removable) drive in the tree with the other drives as
>> before. No error messages, just nothing happens in the
>> tree.
>>
>> I have found by right clicking on My Computer and
>> selecting "Manage" and then selecting "Drive Manager"
from
>> that tree, I can get my removable, generic (Sony camera)
>> volume to appear and allow itself to be opened. A few
>> more keystrokes, but seems to work just fine. Still,
>> baffled by the sudden change.
>>
>> The only thing I can think of is SP2 downloaded another
>> driver for the Sony camera when I upgraded last week.
Or a
>> switch was set during installation? I did notice I had
to
>> re-enter some stuff in Outlook to send e-mail again
after
>> the SP2 upgrade. Could this be something like that?
>>
>> The switch thing occurred to me because of others who
>> haven't upgraded to SP2 have the same problem
periodically.
>> I noticed before SP2 that the order in which I connected
>> the camera to the USB port, powering it up, and opening
>> Windows Explorer, made a difference in if the volume
would
>> appear in the drive tree.
>>
>> My .02
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>What happens when you try to do so, any error messages?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>>Windows Shell/User
>>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>>
>>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:09ee01c490e6$fda7ffe0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
>>>> create new folders on external drives, also unable to
>>>> move files to or from the drive. Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>.
>

Glad you got it worked out. Thanks for posting the solution.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Me2" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:878501c495f1$43da8d70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> SOLVED IT! For MY situation anyway, it did turn out to be
> a "switch-like" scenerio. I eliminated the USB driver
> scenario as my Sidewinder joystick with USB connector
> operated normally. I eliminated a bad cable because I
> could still get to my DSC folders through Disk Management.
> I then went into my Tweak UI (It's saved my bacon a time
> or two.) and clicked on the My Computer tab and then
> Drives. The list of all possible drive names are listed
> and the ones appearing in My Computer are checked. The F:
> drive (generic volume) was unchecked (because my camera
> was not connected when I updated to SP2 perhaps?). I
> checked the box, closed TUI and there was my camera,
> accessable in the drive tree in My Computer once again. I
> Even plugged it in to the USB port with Windows explorer
> closed and it opened up the DSC folders.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Maybe it didn't change the driver at all. However, since
> the environment
>>changed with the installation of SP2, perhaps you need a
> new driver. Have
>>you checked the Sony site for updated software and/or
> contacted them with
>>regard to compatibility with SP2.
>>
>>--
>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>Windows Shell/User
>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>>"Me2" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:17c601c49520$ffca5a00$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I too cannot get generic drives to show in the drive tree
>>> in My Computer. I noticed this when I tried to download
>>> vacation pix off my Sony Cybershot DSC-70 digital still
>>> camera. Always worked before. Now when I plug in the
>>> camera to download, the icon to safely remove the device
>>> appears in the tray, everything is happy in hardware
>>> profiles (this device is working, no conflicts, no red
> x's
>>> or any of that stuff), Sony DSC shows in the USB list,
> no
>>> conflicts, everything AOK. Just no F: (generic,
>>> removable) drive in the tree with the other drives as
>>> before. No error messages, just nothing happens in the
>>> tree.
>>>
>>> I have found by right clicking on My Computer and
>>> selecting "Manage" and then selecting "Drive Manager"
> from
>>> that tree, I can get my removable, generic (Sony camera)
>>> volume to appear and allow itself to be opened. A few
>>> more keystrokes, but seems to work just fine. Still,
>>> baffled by the sudden change.
>>>
>>> The only thing I can think of is SP2 downloaded another
>>> driver for the Sony camera when I upgraded last week.
> Or a
>>> switch was set during installation? I did notice I had
> to
>>> re-enter some stuff in Outlook to send e-mail again
> after
>>> the SP2 upgrade. Could this be something like that?
>>>
>>> The switch thing occurred to me because of others who
>>> haven't upgraded to SP2 have the same problem
> periodically.
>>> I noticed before SP2 that the order in which I connected
>>> the camera to the USB port, powering it up, and opening
>>> Windows Explorer, made a difference in if the volume
> would
>>> appear in the drive tree.
>>>
>>> My .02
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>What happens when you try to do so, any error messages?
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>>>Windows Shell/User
>>>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>>>
>>>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>>>news:09ee01c490e6$fda7ffe0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> Since installing service pack 2 have been unable to
>>>>> create new folders on external drives, also unable to
>>>>> move files to or from the drive. Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>