SanDisk Problems

[TomJ]

One of my family members recently gave me a 128mb SanDisk (cruzer mini) to
play around with. When I connected this device to my USB port it rebooted my
machine! One of the other problems that arose out of this reboot was the
incorrect BIOS setting of my DVD/CDRom drive!? The DVD name changed from
"Sony DVD RW DRU-720A" to "Rony DVD, RU- 720A,". It took about a half hour
to successfully reboot my WINXP SP2 machine.

This appears to be a bad plug n' play device. Has anyone else had a problem
with these devices, and if so how did you solve the problem??

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Are you sure the SanDisk didn't have some type of Malware, Spyware or Virus?
Are you sure the same is true about your PC? Lastly, it could be a bad
SanDisk and/or USB port on your PC?
Never had an issue, so I've not had the problem to solve, with experience in
managing over 1000 Desktops/Laptops with Win2k SP3/SP4, and WinXP SP1/SP2 in
a corporate environment.

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[TomJ]

Thanks SFAQ for the quick response. No I am never 100 % sure about ANY PC or
the software/hardware that you might use in todays' environment. I keep
current my McAfee security center up to date and my ZoneAlarm is always set
at the highest Internet/Trusted security zone possible. The USB port that I
tried has never given me any trouble with other devices. All of the other
plug n' play devices work correctly when I plug them into one of three USB
ports.

If there might be a virus that I have not heard of please educate me. Thanks
again. . . Tom J.

 

[TomJ]

Thanks SFAQ for the quick response. No I am never 100 % sure about ANY PC or
the software/hardware that you might use in todays' environment. I keep
current my McAfee security center up to date and my ZoneAlarm is always set
at the highest Internet/Trusted security zone possible. The USB port that I
tried has never given me any trouble with other devices. All of the other
plug n' play devices work correctly when I plug them into one of three USB
ports.

If there might be a virus that I have not heard of please educate me. Thanks