Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations

[Guest]

When I plug in the external USB drive I use for backup, Vista recognizes it,
can read and write to it, etc. But within a few minutes Vista "forgets" the
location of the USB drive. I note that, like most people, I have multiple USB
devices plugged in. The error message I get is:

=============================================
Could not find this item.

This is no longer located in <%3 NULL:OpText>. Verify the item's location
and try again

DATADISK
Space free: 74.4 GB
Total size: 74.5 GB
=============================================

This obviously appears to be a Vista USB problem, but searching the web for
this error message turns up nothing. Is anybody else having this problem, or
knows of a solution?

[Removing error code numbers in Vista error messages was a really badly
thought out decision. Error messages like the above are almost impossible to
find based on the text itself. At least with an error number one had a chance
of locating error message info on the internet.]

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> phillfri

This obviously appears to be a Vista USB problem, but searching the web for
this error message turns up nothing.

It does?

It sounds to me more like a bad USB cable, or faulty/unpowered drive.
I've seen very similar from drives which were supposed to be USB
powered, but were trying to draw more current then the USB spec allowed,
on a system that wouldn't or couldn't provide it.

That is very much a shot in the dark though.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. But my USB hard drive has its own power source,
and works just fine on my Windows XP machine - which kinda indicates that the
issue is a Vista issue.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, BES.

WHAT "old thread"? What "same error message"? You didn't quote any part of
the prior conversation, so we have no idea what you are talking about -
except for your new description.

The headers for your post say that you are using:
X-Newsreader: vBulletin USENET gateway

I'm not familiar with that newsreader; does it have a setting such as
"Include prior message in Reply"?

Does that USB device show up in Disk Management? In Device Manager? Where
did you get the Vista drivers for it? Are you trying to use the WinXP
drivers in Vista? Is your drive plugged into a built-in USB connector, or
to an external hub?

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

SoundIs more like the Iomega is failing rather than Vista. Try it on
another PC.