On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:29:35 -0600, in
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||> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
|> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
|>
|> ||> |
|> |> Beginning a day or so ago, I no longer "see" or get a drive
|> letter
|> |> when a thumb drive (any) is inserted in a usb port. I get
|> the
|> |> sound notification that the drive is inserted (and
|> recognized),
|> |> the drive shows up as a device under disk drives in the
|> hardware
|> |> manager and as a drive under device manager. I can set a
|> drive
|> |> letter using the drive manager under the computer services
|> routine
|> |> but that letter is not seen by explorer. I've looked
|> (googled)
|> |> for similar problems with other users but nothing seems to
|> work.
|> |> I'm using XP Pro, SP3 with all updates, the system has been
|> stable
|> |> for months and just like that - poof- no thumb drive! Any
|> help
|> |> would be appreciated. Don
|> |
|> |Probably the most definitive resource for information on this
|> kind of
|> |problems is the following:
|> |
|> |"Troubleshooting for USB drives"
|> |<
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html>
|> |
|> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000,
|> XP"
|> |<
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html>
|> |
|> |HTH,
|> | JOHN
|>
|> Thanks to all who made suggestions. None worked for me.
|> Let me explain in a bit more detail the situation. I have a
|> number of
|> thumb drives. All work perfectly in my Dell laptop running
|> windows xp
|> proffesional SP3 fully updated. None work in my desktop which
|> is also
|> running xp professional sp3 fully updated. Here are some
|> clues:
|> 1. when inserting the thumbdrive I get the audio recognition.
|> If I
|> then look at the window in the "Safely remove hardware" app,
|> the
|> device shows up as ageneric device with no drive letter. If I
|> look at
|> the diskmanager display under computer management services ,
|> the
|> device shows up and again with no drive letter. If I right
|> click and
|> select add/change drive letter and then so choose one, the
|> display
|> changes to now show the drive letter. Another righ click and
|> Explore
|> I can view the contents of the drive. BUT BUT BUT the drive
|> does not
|> show up in Explorer (or any other viewer or app). It was
|> suggested
|> that once I add the drive letter I should remove the drive and
|> then
|> re-insert. I tried that - no joy. I can find no reason
|> behind this
|> situation and as I stated in my initial message it jst popped
|> up in
|> the middle of one day. No error messages, no BSOD, nothing.
|> Further,
|> trying one of the programs at the
www.uwe-sieber.de site did
|> not
|> correct the problem nor did any of the many suggestions there.
|> Again
|> thanks for the suggestions.
|> Don
|==
|Did you try to copy a file to the drive in question? Did you try
|to subsequently try to read, copy or delete this test file? Can
|you drag and drop to/from the thumb drive?
|
|Try different scenarios to see what works and what doesn't.
|Sometimes this is all it takes to correct these "strange"
|situations.
|
|I have never seen what you describe but who knows...it could
|happen to any one of us.
|
|==
|
I've been able to "read" files from each device using PC Inspector
File Recovery. This program can "see" the drive (as does disk
management service) even though it has no drive letter. I can't copy
or drag a file to the device since it doesn't show up in explorer or
any other program as a devide with a drive letter. This even after I
add a drive letter under disk mamagement. A drive letter is assigned
under disk manager but it never shows up in any program that would be
used to view/copy/manipulate the contents of the drive. This is
really driving me nuts. And thanks for the tips.
Don
