I have since set up my laptop to run the Embroidery Machine. I have
completely restored my other computer and then plugged in the external
thinking since it is plug n play it will just magically work. Of
course I was completely wrong. I have done what you suggested but I
dont know which drive to change. I know not to change the C drive. The
only other options is a D drive and one that does not have a letter
assigned to it. When I right click all I get is "help" to choose from.
My external automatically assigned itself to an H drive when I first
got it. Now that drive is gone. I know I sound like a numbskull, well
I am. Thank you for your past advice and any future advice you choose
to throw my way. I have over 2500 pictures on that external. I am
beside myself right now. Most of them are of my grandchildren. And a
wedding. Thank you again. Jillian- Hide quoted text -
Hello again, Jillian,
This sounds drastic, but give it a try:
Copy the text below between the dotted lines, but not the dotted lines
themselves. Open Notepad and paste it in. Save the result in a
suitable location as device.reg - making sure that the default .txt
extension doesn't appear in the file name (Save as type = All Files).
Double-click on the saved .reg file to merge the contents.
-------------------------- Use text after this line
--------------------------------
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
\Environment]
"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"="1"
-------------------------- Use text before this line
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NOTE: If you have a USB keyboard and/or mouse, you'll have to modify
the instructions and leave enough parts for those to function. Do not
uninstall these.
Unplug ALL USB devices.
Open Device Manager by going to Start => Run and typing in
"devmgmt.msc" {without the quotes}.
Go to View and select 'Show Hidden Devices'.
Uninstall all devices under USB Controllers.
Next, Uninstall all devices under Disk Drives ***that you know are not
present***. i.e. not your hard drives. Uninstall any USB drives
listed. If you're not sure which ones are your hard drives, right-
click on the drive and click 'Properties'. If it says that the device
is currently not connected, uninstall it. If it says that the device
is working properly, leave it. the icon for installed hard drives will
not have a faded look, while the icon for unattached drives looks
faded or greyed.
Next, Uninstall all devices under Storage Volumes. Say no to any
reboot prompts until you are finished. If a Storage Volume doesn't
uninstall, ignore it and move to the next one.
If you have a yellow ? with unknown devices, uninstall all of the
entries there as well.
When this is done, reboot the computer TWICE.
Reconnect the USB devices and see if they're recognized properly.
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Credit to John Will at Tech Support Guy- Hide quoted text -
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