DVD player gets "confused" when thumb drive is plugged in

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I use VLC to play DVDs.

For some reason, if a Cruzer thumb drive is plugged in, the player
picks the drive letter for the thumb drive instead of the drive that
the DVD is on.

This particular thumb drive creates 2 drives when it is plugged in.
I think that is because it has some non-eraseable software on the
thumb drive.

I don't have that problem if a Data Traveler thumb drive is plugged
in.

Is there a way to fix it?

Thanks,
Andy
 
I use VLC to play DVDs.

For some reason, if a Cruzer thumb drive is plugged in, the player
picks the drive letter for the thumb drive instead of the drive that
the DVD is on.

This particular thumb drive creates 2 drives when it is plugged in.
I think that is because it has some non-eraseable software on the
thumb drive.

I don't have that problem if a Data Traveler thumb drive is plugged
in.

Is there a way to fix it?

Thanks,
Andy

Plug in the thumb drive, then click Start/Run, type diskmgmt.msc and click
OK. Now change the drive letters of your thumb drive to something that
steers well clear of your DVD player's drive letter.
 
I use VLC to play DVDs.
For some reason, if a Cruzer thumb drive is plugged in, the player
picks the drive letter for the thumb drive instead of the drive that
the DVD is on.

This particular thumb drive creates 2 drives when it is plugged in.
I think that is because it has some non-eraseable software on the
thumb drive.

I don't have that problem if a Data Traveler thumb drive is plugged
in.

Is there a way to fix it?

Thanks,

Is it by chance a Sandisk or other that has U3 software on it?
 
Andy,

Re: "Yes it does have the U3 software on it. I wish I could delete it.
:-)

You can easily delete the U3. You can delete it using the U3 utility in
the program or you can delete it using a utility from Sandisk's web site. You
can also reinstall it. All the information is on Sandisk's web site.

Milt
 
Yes it does have the U3 software on it.
I wish I could delete it. :-)

Andy

Move all your data off the USB drive, find the U3 Uninstaller, plug
the USB drive back in and run the uninstaller. U3 creates a pseudo CD
drive that bumps the real CD drive and causes no end of problems. Let
me know how it goes.
 
Move all your data off the USB drive, find the U3 Uninstaller, plug
the USB drive back in and run the uninstaller. U3 creates a pseudo CD
drive that bumps the real CD drive and causes no end of problems. Let
me know how it goes.- Hide quoted text -

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Another fix is to perminately assign a drive letter to the internal
drives in greater than G:.
 
Move all your data off the USB drive, find the U3 Uninstaller, plug
the USB drive back in and run the uninstaller. U3 creates a pseudo CD
drive that bumps the real CD drive and causes no end of problems. Let
me know how it goes.

I uninstalled U3 and for some reason TrueCrypt no longer "sees" any of
2 different drives thumbdrives that I plug in.
(When I am using it to mount a volume.)

Before I give ERUNT a test drive, I will see if there is some fix.

Andy
 
Move all your data off the USB drive, find the U3 Uninstaller, plug
I uninstalled U3 and for some reason TrueCrypt no longer "sees" any of
2 different drives thumbdrives that I plug in.
(When I am using it to mount a volume.)

Before I give ERUNT a test drive, I will see if there is some fix.

U3 Uninstaller removed the U3 partition and related junk so it's
*possible* TrueCrypt put some kind of file or a few bytes in the 1st
partition that used to be occupied by U3 and now that's missing it's
acting up. Did you already re-format the drives after you ran U3
Uninstaller? You'll need to do that for sure.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
 
U3 Uninstaller removed the U3 partition and related junk so it's
*possible* TrueCrypt put some kind of file or a few bytes in the 1st
partition that used to be occupied by U3 and now that's missing it's
acting up. Did you already re-format the drives after you ran U3
Uninstaller? You'll need to do that for sure.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

I got the problem solved.
I made a new encrypted partition.

I occasionally do work on a Win Me computer and am looking for a
program that will function similar to TrueCrypt.

Andy
 
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