Drive letter missing in disk mgmt, Windows was unable to save the

[Guest]

If there is a more appropriate group to post this to, let me know. Thanks.

Recently installed a Western Digital 160G drive as a desktop USB drive to
use for backups.

Getting the following error from windows when writing to it from time to time:

Windows was unable to save the data for the file xyz. The data has been
lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or
network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.

I looked under disk management (in computer management) and noticed that the
drive is there but the drive letter (D) is missing - although it shows up
fine under "my computer".

Full backup went fine, then the first night of incrementals went fine.
Second night of incrementals produced this error so I suspected it may have
something to do with replacing or deleting files.

I tried a few manual operations.
I was able to drag and drop a file to it but when I deleted it, I got the
error as it tried to greate (I assume) a recycle folder.

I'm running win2k on a 1G Dell with one internal drive (C), CD & DVD (E&F),
floppy (A) and a network drive mapped to "Z".

Thanks!

 

[Colon Terminus]

USB isn't implemented properly on your system, either hardware or drivers.
Have you tried the latest USB drivers from dell?

 

[Guest]

I think I have the latest drivers but I will double check.
The drive letter re-appeared in disk management after re-boot..
I'll double check my drivers now and re-post. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Went to the Dell website.
There are no USB driver updates listed. Nothing at all listed for USB.
I do have the latest BIOS.

 

[Colon Terminus]

You probably need to take this issue up with Dell support.