I have read a lot of posts here about the drive not showing in Windows XP
Explorer. This seems to be a big issue with XP.

I too have the same issue. Even if I assign the drive letter, I cannot see
the drive in Explorer. The only way that I can access the drive is to Explore
the drive via Disk Management.

One other note is that if I reboot each time, the drive is visible.

I have reassigned the drive letter, I have reformatted the drive. The drive
is there, it does show in Disk Management.

Is this a Microsoft XP SP2 bug? I use the same drives in another XP
machines and have no issue.

Is there a definitive approach to making this happen? Are there USB Flash
drives that have XP drivers?

Thanks in advance to all who respond.

In the past when I have ran into this I have went to Device Manager removed
my USB enties. THen reboot he computer and le the computer find them again.
This refreshes everything and then my USB starts showing up like it's suppose
to.

Eric

Hello Dave,

> I have read a lot of posts here about the drive not showing in Windows
> XP Explorer. This seems to be a big issue with XP.
>
> I too have the same issue. Even if I assign the drive letter, I
> cannot see the drive in Explorer. The only way that I can access the
> drive is to Explore the drive via Disk Management.
>
> One other note is that if I reboot each time, the drive is visible.
>
> I have reassigned the drive letter, I have reformatted the drive. The
> drive is there, it does show in Disk Management.
>
> Is this a Microsoft XP SP2 bug? I use the same drives in another XP
> machines and have no issue.
>
> Is there a definitive approach to making this happen? Are there USB
> Flash drives that have XP drivers?
>
> Thanks in advance to all who respond.
>

Thanks Eric:

I have:

-Removed all USB references from Device Manager & Rebooted
-Renamed the Drive Letter through Disk Manager
-Reformatted the USB drive
-Changed the Mapped Network drives to the bottom of the Drive letters
-Purchased a PCMIA Card for USB - (same issue)
-Purchased different manufacturer Flash Drive
-Worked with Dell Support

I am curious if this is an XP SP2 issue that is not fixed by Microsoft.
There are too many posts with the same issue.

Thanks for responding


"Eric Dycus" wrote:

> In the past when I have ran into this I have went to Device Manager removed
> my USB enties. THen reboot he computer and le the computer find them again.
> This refreshes everything and then my USB starts showing up like it's suppose
> to.
>
> Eric
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> > I have read a lot of posts here about the drive not showing in Windows
> > XP Explorer. This seems to be a big issue with XP.
> >
> > I too have the same issue. Even if I assign the drive letter, I
> > cannot see the drive in Explorer. The only way that I can access the
> > drive is to Explore the drive via Disk Management.
> >
> > One other note is that if I reboot each time, the drive is visible.
> >
> > I have reassigned the drive letter, I have reformatted the drive. The
> > drive is there, it does show in Disk Management.
> >
> > Is this a Microsoft XP SP2 bug? I use the same drives in another XP
> > machines and have no issue.
> >
> > Is there a definitive approach to making this happen? Are there USB
> > Flash drives that have XP drivers?
> >
> > Thanks in advance to all who respond.
> >
>
>
>

Dave wrote:
> Thanks Eric:
>
> I have:
>
> -Removed all USB references from Device Manager & Rebooted
> -Renamed the Drive Letter through Disk Manager
> -Reformatted the USB drive
> -Changed the Mapped Network drives to the bottom of the Drive letters
> -Purchased a PCMIA Card for USB - (same issue)
> -Purchased different manufacturer Flash Drive
> -Worked with Dell Support
>
> I am curious if this is an XP SP2 issue that is not fixed by Microsoft.
> There are too many posts with the same issue.
>
> Thanks for responding
>
>
> "Eric Dycus" wrote:
>
>> In the past when I have ran into this I have went to Device Manager removed
>> my USB enties. THen reboot he computer and le the computer find them again.
>> This refreshes everything and then my USB starts showing up like it's suppose
>> to.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> Hello Dave,
>>
>>> I have read a lot of posts here about the drive not showing in Windows
>>> XP Explorer. This seems to be a big issue with XP.
>>>
>>> I too have the same issue. Even if I assign the drive letter, I
>>> cannot see the drive in Explorer. The only way that I can access the
>>> drive is to Explore the drive via Disk Management.
>>>
>>> One other note is that if I reboot each time, the drive is visible.
>>>
>>> I have reassigned the drive letter, I have reformatted the drive. The
>>> drive is there, it does show in Disk Management.
>>>
>>> Is this a Microsoft XP SP2 bug? I use the same drives in another XP
>>> machines and have no issue.
>>>
>>> Is there a definitive approach to making this happen? Are there USB
>>> Flash drives that have XP drivers?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance to all who respond.
>>>
>>
I cannot cold boot with device in. ok otherwise including warm re-boot.
ok on friend's winxp machine.
Dave Cohen

Dave Cohen wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>
>> Thanks Eric:
>>
>> I have:
>>
>> -Removed all USB references from Device Manager & Rebooted
>> -Renamed the Drive Letter through Disk Manager
>> -Reformatted the USB drive
>> -Changed the Mapped Network drives to the bottom of the Drive letters
>> -Purchased a PCMIA Card for USB - (same issue)
>> -Purchased different manufacturer Flash Drive
>> -Worked with Dell Support
>>
>> I am curious if this is an XP SP2 issue that is not fixed by
>> Microsoft. There are too many posts with the same issue.
>>
>> Thanks for responding
>>
>>
>> "Eric Dycus" wrote:
>>
>>> In the past when I have ran into this I have went to Device Manager
>>> removed my USB enties. THen reboot he computer and le the computer
>>> find them again. This refreshes everything and then my USB starts
>>> showing up like it's suppose to.
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> Hello Dave,
>>>
>>>> I have read a lot of posts here about the drive not showing in Windows
>>>> XP Explorer. This seems to be a big issue with XP.
>>>>
>>>> I too have the same issue. Even if I assign the drive letter, I
>>>> cannot see the drive in Explorer. The only way that I can access the
>>>> drive is to Explore the drive via Disk Management.
>>>>
>>>> One other note is that if I reboot each time, the drive is visible.
>>>>
>>>> I have reassigned the drive letter, I have reformatted the drive. The
>>>> drive is there, it does show in Disk Management.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a Microsoft XP SP2 bug? I use the same drives in another XP
>>>> machines and have no issue.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a definitive approach to making this happen? Are there USB
>>>> Flash drives that have XP drivers?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance to all who respond.
>>>>
>>>
> I cannot cold boot with device in. ok otherwise including warm re-boot.
> ok on friend's winxp machine.
> Dave Cohen

Remove USB from boot order in BIOS.