D
Don
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
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Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
T
TMi
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at the
final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a session
it's also ok.
A. Yes, it's okC: drive?
A. I don't know, E: is my 2nd HD with Windows XPWhy is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at the
final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a session
it's also ok.
Don said:Here somme examples
1)
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
!!! inf: Error searching published INFs - likely system corruption!
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
2)
!!! sto: Inf file does not contain CatalogFile directive
for the specified processor architecture. Inf =
e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf' ([strings]
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
T
TMi
Solution ?
The remote control software of my TV card was slowering the shutdown of
Vista. I've supress it automatic load from the registry. Now Vista close
without problem (not tested more than 4-6 time).
It seems, that now my USB keys are quikly recognised and that there is no
more pb !?
So a solution can be to check carefully all other hardware/software devices.
There is a lot which are not fully compatible (even if announced to be
compatible). For example my TV Terratec Cinergy T2, Speefan (not ok on one
of my PC, making it crashing sometimes).
What is tricky is the fact that there not a clear strong problem, it's just
a quite irreproducable instability.
Hope this can help or give some idea.
The remote control software of my TV card was slowering the shutdown of
Vista. I've supress it automatic load from the registry. Now Vista close
without problem (not tested more than 4-6 time).
It seems, that now my USB keys are quikly recognised and that there is no
more pb !?
So a solution can be to check carefully all other hardware/software devices.
There is a lot which are not fully compatible (even if announced to be
compatible). For example my TV Terratec Cinergy T2, Speefan (not ok on one
of my PC, making it crashing sometimes).
What is tricky is the fact that there not a clear strong problem, it's just
a quite irreproducable instability.
Hope this can help or give some idea.
TMi said:A. Yes, it's okWell, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
A. I don't know, E: is my 2nd HD with Windows XPWhy is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at
the final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a
session it's also ok.
Don said:TMi said:Any interesting messages in
C:\windows\inf\setupapi.app.log or setupapi.dev.log?Here somme examples
1)
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
!!! inf: Error searching published INFs - likely system
corruption!
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
2)
!!! sto: Inf file does not contain CatalogFile directive
for the specified processor architecture. Inf =
e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf' ([strings]
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
G
Guest
I have tracked the problem down to the order in which USB devices are
connected. I have a 256 Gig Simpletech USB backup disk. If it is connected
first, Vista Ultimate will not recognize ANY subsequent insertion of USB
flash drives (tried several brands and sizes). If I disconnect the
Simpletech, i can insert USB flash drives and they will be recognised.
Furthermore if I connect the USB flash drive first and then the Simpletech
drive, both will work.
FYI I am running a Dell Inspiron 9200 with 1 gig memory and all Vista
updates have been applied.
connected. I have a 256 Gig Simpletech USB backup disk. If it is connected
first, Vista Ultimate will not recognize ANY subsequent insertion of USB
flash drives (tried several brands and sizes). If I disconnect the
Simpletech, i can insert USB flash drives and they will be recognised.
Furthermore if I connect the USB flash drive first and then the Simpletech
drive, both will work.
FYI I am running a Dell Inspiron 9200 with 1 gig memory and all Vista
updates have been applied.
D
Don
Dave said:...I have a 256 Gig Simpletech USB backup disk. If it is connected
first, Vista Ultimate will not recognize ANY subsequent insertion of USB
flash drives (tried several brands and sizes). If I disconnect the
Simpletech, i can insert USB flash drives and they will be recognised.
Furthermore if I connect the USB flash drive first and then the Simpletech
drive, both will work.
Certainly sounds to me like a bug in Vista which needs fixing. The only
other thing I can think of would be a BIOS problem in need of an update,
but that's pure speculation on my part. Might be interesting to see if
your computer's BIOS recognizes these various devices (or not) depending
on which of them is plugged in at boot time.
G
Guest
I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does
not have a problem. I am not sure how to check if BIOS recognises USB
devices, as requested. The BIOS setup does not list drives.
If I boot with the 256 USB drive and a flash connected, Vista displays
message that it is looking for a driver cannot find one. It then does no
recognise flash stick. The 256 works fine
The USB flash memory worked under XP on the same computer and hardware
configuration. The upgrade to Vista was a clean install with partitions
droped and a single new partition created. To me this points to Vista issue,
potentially linked to loading large USB memory device.
not have a problem. I am not sure how to check if BIOS recognises USB
devices, as requested. The BIOS setup does not list drives.
If I boot with the 256 USB drive and a flash connected, Vista displays
message that it is looking for a driver cannot find one. It then does no
recognise flash stick. The 256 works fine
The USB flash memory worked under XP on the same computer and hardware
configuration. The upgrade to Vista was a clean install with partitions
droped and a single new partition created. To me this points to Vista issue,
potentially linked to loading large USB memory device.
D
Don
Dave said:I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does
not have a problem. I am not sure how to check if BIOS recognises USB
devices, as requested. The BIOS setup does not list drives.
If I boot with the 256 USB drive and a flash connected, Vista displays
message that it is looking for a driver cannot find one...
Ah, new evidence. Try this workaround for a known Vista bug:
Delete the file C:\windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 which may well be corrupted.
(You will first need to edit its file permissions to grant Full Control
to the Users group.)
Even if it doesn't help, it won't hurt anything either.
G
Guest
No change after delete. Same behavior. Will not recognize USB flash memory
stick
stick
D
Don
Dave said:No change after delete. Same behavior. Will not recognize USB flash memory
stick
Hmpf! Well, returning to the BIOS question, my own BIOS (several years
old) will let me change the order of available bootable devices. I
don't have multiple USB boot devices to test, but I figured you might
be able to glean some information about which USB boot devices your
BIOS recognizes by booting multiple times and seeing what devices your
BIOS will let you pick from while trying different combinations.
(I've never tried this myself...)
J
Jason
Certainly sounds to me like a bug in Vista which needs fixing. The only
other thing I can think of would be a BIOS problem in need of an update,
but that's pure speculation on my part. Might be interesting to see if
your computer's BIOS recognizes these various devices (ornot) depending
on which of them is plugged in at boot time.
Has anyone tried this yet? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528
M
mattperry
Hey,
I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Vista... My iPod doesnt work either... Has anyone found a solution?
Microsoft really needs to be monitoring this....
I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Vista... My iPod doesnt work either... Has anyone found a solution?
Microsoft really needs to be monitoring this....
TMi said:Solution ?
The remote control software of my TV card was slowering the shutdown of
Vista. I've supress it automatic load from the registry. Now Vista close
without problem (not tested more than 4-6 time).
It seems, that now my USB keys are quikly recognised and that there is no
more pb !?
So a solution can be to check carefully all other hardware/software devices.
There is a lot which are not fully compatible (even if announced to be
compatible). For example my TV Terratec Cinergy T2, Speefan (not ok on one
of my PC, making it crashing sometimes).
What is tricky is the fact that there not a clear strong problem, it's just
a quite irreproducable instability.
Hope this can help or give some idea.
TMi said:A. Yes, it's okWell, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
A. I don't know, E: is my 2nd HD with Windows XPWhy is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at
the final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a
session it's also ok.
Don said:TMi wrote:
Any interesting messages in
C:\windows\inf\setupapi.app.log or setupapi.dev.log?
Here somme examples
1)
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
!!! inf: Error searching published INFs - likely system
corruption!
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
2)
!!! sto: Inf file does not contain CatalogFile directive
for the specified processor architecture. Inf =
e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf' ([strings]
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
V
Vinoy Vijayan
I have the same problem with my system(Desktop) Vista Ultimate. Do you find any solution for the problem . Can you please help me to overcome the problem . Thanks
ke3pu wrote:
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB .
19-Mar-07
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB . i use Vista
Ultimate on both my Laptop and Desktop. on my laptop as soon as i insert the
USB card Vista detects it and assigns it as a Driver. but on my Desktop it
prompts for drivers? Even if i direct the installer to "C:\Windows" every
time i re-insert the USB card , it prompts for driver for an "Unidentified
Device" which again i have to point the installer to "C:\windows" for it to
work!
is there anyway of finding out what's causing the conflict? perhaps a driver
installer? or another USB Device? i have unplugged all my USB devices but
this still happens or perhaps a driver installer?
can anyone show me how i can check for conflicts properly? thanx
Previous Posts In This Thread:
USB Flash drives not recognized
Under Vista Ultimate, when I insert a flash drive, the OS does not recognize
it as a USB Mass storage device, and prompts for drivers.
Here are some details:
1. This system was upgraded from XP
2. A Sandisk Cruzer Mini 1GB flash drive was installed prior to the upgrade
(this device is the only thumbdrive that works)
3. A USB card reader is present (system allocates 4 removable disks) and
working
4. I've verified the Sandisk drive is working on another system
5. I also get the same results with an older 128 MB flash drive
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB .
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB . i use Vista
Ultimate on both my Laptop and Desktop. on my laptop as soon as i insert the
USB card Vista detects it and assigns it as a Driver. but on my Desktop it
prompts for drivers? Even if i direct the installer to "C:\Windows" every
time i re-insert the USB card , it prompts for driver for an "Unidentified
Device" which again i have to point the installer to "C:\windows" for it to
work!
is there anyway of finding out what's causing the conflict? perhaps a driver
installer? or another USB Device? i have unplugged all my USB devices but
this still happens or perhaps a driver installer?
can anyone show me how i can check for conflicts properly? thanx
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
ke3pup wrote:
Quite a few people are having the same problem with USB sticks, which
appears to be a Vista bug in need of a fix. I'd like to track it down,
but I can't reproduce the problem. If either of you feel geeky enough
to do some debugging, I have some ideas to try -- but a basic knowledge
of the Registry would be helpful, otherwise it might be too confusing
for a beginner.
Does your 4GB Cruzer have the U3 stuff installed on it?
Does your 4GB Cruzer have the U3 stuff installed on it? Mine came with U3
installed...I went to u3.com and used their utility to remove U3, formatted
the stick to NTFS and it works fine on my vista notebook and desktop (both
ultimate) for readyboost or normal drive...
Greenwing
I have a Kingston 2GB Datatravler U3 stick.
I have a Kingston 2GB Datatravler U3 stick. The problem was Launchpad for the
U3 would work. The solution was released abut 10 days ago. A Vista compatable
version of Launchpad. Since then I've had no problems.
:
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
GreenWing wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I was wondering how to get rid of U3. More
importantly, did Vista ask you for drivers every time you plugged
it in?
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
maxinminn wrote:
Before that, did Vista ask you for drivers every time?
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
No...the u3 stuff installed and was working (except for the removal
function)...I wanted the stick for readyboost, so I deleted off the U3 crap
via u3.com...Ultimate sees the drive fine and has never asked for a
driver...Treats it as a regular USB drive since installation...I have the
stick inside my desktop so I never remove it...
Greenwing
Mine did come with U3 installed but i removed it using the installer as well
Mine did come with U3 installed but i removed it using the installer as well
and formatted it with NTFS but my Desktop never automatically found the
drivers for it, i had to point the installer to "C:\Windows" for it to be
able to find the drivers! Since installing the Drivers, now every time i
re-insert the USB card in, Vista tells me it needs to look for driver for
"Unidentified Device???, so again i have to direct it to "C:\Windows" in which
case the "Unidentified Device" becomes "SanDisk Cruzer Micro" when it finds
the driver.
i would do anything to find out why this happens. So am i willing to do
debugging, YES, just tell me how.
thanx
Tell me where in the registry you want me to look and I'll post what I find.
Tell me where in the registry you want me to look and I will post what I find.
:
Wow, where can I find a newsgroup devoted to U3 flash drives?
Wow, where can I find a newsgroup devoted to U3 flash drives? I just bought one
90 minutes ago and I'm not sure I should use it on my 98SE machine if I still
want to use U3 on an XP machine. U3 changes the whole POV of a flashdrive for
me, so I don't wanna wreck it prematurely.
Thank You Staples for confounding a simple purchase for me.
There shouldn't be ANY problems between a 98 & XP machine.
There should not be ANY problems between a 98 & XP machine. The default
drivers for the U3 work just fine on my XP machines. The driver issue was
with my new Vista machine.
:
The removal of the U3 programs might be the problem.
The removal of the U3 programs might be the problem. If your thumb drive is
set up like mine, then it came with two partitions, one with U3 and the other
is the main data partition. Have you checked the SanDisk website? What I'd do
is visit the site, run the necessary software/Drivers to RESTORE your thumb
drive back to it's original state. Then you have a way of communicating with
SanDisk Support, which is what I'd suggest you do.
:
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
maxinminn wrote:
I have a Kingston which had U3 on it until I deleted it with the U3
removal tool. The only difference I noticed is that used to appear
in Vista as a CDROM disk (!) and now it's back to being an ordinary
USB drive. No driver problems either way, and it still works.
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
ke3pup wrote:
I posted a response to you in 'Vista Playing Dumb' a while ago before
I saw this post. First fetch the process monitor utility and spend
some time getting used to it. Learn how to tell it to print only the
info you want to see, so you aren't overwhelmed with data. It's just
a tool to display info, so it shouldn't be able to screw up your
machine any further than it is ;o)
After that, my approach would be to use it to see where Vista is
searching for its drivers. Is it looking for the wrong drivers
in the right place, or the right drivers in the wrong place, or
maybe both. Vista really shouldn't be looking for *any* drivers,
so that's the real puzzle to solve, but I'd need to work backwards
from the end towards the beginning of this bug.
You'll probably need more advice along the way, but get started
first and you'll probably get some ideas of your own to try.
I just bought an Acer 9410 laptop and a 2G Cruzer Micro..
I just bought an Acer 9410 laptop and a 2G Cruzer Micro.. It does absolutely
nothing except give an invalid USB device message... no driver opportunity.
San Disk was no help at all. Just very rude off shore support which I ended
hanging up on.. I guess I will try the U3 site for fix and if
nothing...remove U3. Hate to do that but......
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
:
Well I'd go back to the Kingston site and there is a Vista compatible
launchpad update. D/L it and run it. What it does is: removes the old U3
programs, then safely makes a copy of any data on the drive, reformats and
then repartitions the drive, then puts the new U3 software on the drive, and
then finally copiies the data back onto the data partition. That should get
you a fully functional U3 system again.
I have the problem with my 3 USB key, but only on 1 of my 2 PC* Sometimes it
I have the problem with my 3 USB key, but only on 1 of my 2 PC
* Sometimes it ask me to install dirver. the trick is to indicates
c:\windows\... driverstore ... then it will (at least) install 3 different
driver ... and it finally work
* Nevertheless, very often, it take 5-10mn to recognize (eg appears into
explorer as a disk, and light turn on on the USB key), if i log off it will
be recognised (or if i wait 5-10 mn).
* The only differnce i saw between my 2 PC, is that the 1 with problem has a
supplmentary item : in management tools / disk, i have "removable disk ",
not only "disk mangment" (sorry my Vista is french, so it's a translation of
french word, so the english real name is may be slightly diffrent)
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
TMi wrote:
Does that machine boot okay when a USB key is plugged in?
What drivers does Vista install? Any interesting messages in
C:\windows\inf\setupapi.app.log or setupapi.dev.log?
I'm seeing entries about my Kingston USB stick in those logs -- and
the strange thing is that I see entries saying that DriverUpdate exited
with FAILURE status(??) but I have no problems of any kind with any of
my 3 USB sticks. Very strange!
You have two machines which behave differently, so we might get some
information by comparing the log files from the two machines after
plugging the same USB stick in each machine.
Yes, my USB stick appears as a removable drive also, and I have no
problems with drivers. You see that on the machine *with* problems, is
that correct?
Thanks for the information.
YES, and USB is perfectly & immediatly recognisedI think it's disk.
YES, and USB is perfectly & immediatly recognised
I think it's disk.sys ; usbstrore.inf ; parmgr.sys (i've not checked)
Here somme examples
1)
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
!!! inf: Error searching published INFs - likely system corruption!
dvi: Created Driver Node:
dvi: HardwareID - USB\Class_08&SubClass_06&Prot_50
dvi: InfName - C:\Windows\INF\usbstor.inf
2)
!!! sto: Inf file does not contain CatalogFile directive for
the specified processor architecture. Inf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf' ([strings] <src
= normal>)
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\LAYOUT.INF' ([strings] <src
= normal>)
!!! sto: The driver package has a reference to a missing
file. File Name = qv2kux.sys, Error = 80070002
!!! sto: GetCopyFilesListFromInf() failed. Error = 80070002,
Inf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
!!! sto: Failed to copy the Driver Package to C:\Users\Thibaut &
Trinidad\{664648da-1798-4a1f-abbc-9150aed25765}. Error = 80070002
!!! sto: Failed to copy driver package from source into temporary
client location. Error = 80070002, SrcInf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf,
DestPath = C:\Users\Thibaut &
Trinidad\{664648da-1798-4a1f-abbc-9150aed25765}
sto: {Staging Package To Driver Store - phase 1 exit(80070002)}
! inf: Add to Driver Store unsuccessful
!!! inf: returning failure to SetupCopyOEMInf
inf: {SetupCopyOEMInf exit (0x00000002)} 22:14:45.952
!!! ndv: Driver Package import failed for new device...installing NULL
driver.
Yes, on both machine my 3 differents USB keys (one is mini hard disk)
appears in explorer with the same icon image.
But, but, the difference btw my to 2 PC is not on the explorer, is not in
the device manager neither.
The difference i see is when i open the "computer manager", in the part
where you can manage your disk i have an item which is not on the PC which
is working fine
In the bad PC i have (in french)
1) Stockage/Stockage amovible translation (approx) ->
storage/removable storage
2) Stockage/gestion de disque translation (approx) -> disk/disk
management (where you can see the partition etc, change the drive letter
.....etc)
In the good Pc i've only
2) Stockage/gestion de disque translation (approx) -> disk/disk
management
So for me that's a strange difference
Hope this help.
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
TMi wrote:
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
A. Yes, it's okA.
A. Yes, it's ok
A. I don't know, E: is my 2nd HD with Windows XP
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at the
final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a session
it's also ok.
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Solution ?
Solution ?
The remote control software of my TV card was slowering the shutdown of
Vista. I've supress it automatic load from the registry. Now Vista close
without problem (not tested more than 4-6 time).
It seems, that now my USB keys are quikly recognised and that there is no
more pb !?
So a solution can be to check carefully all other hardware/software devices.
There is a lot which are not fully compatible (even if announced to be
compatible). For example my TV Terratec Cinergy T2, Speefan (not ok on one
of my PC, making it crashing sometimes).
What is tricky is the fact that there not a clear strong problem, it's just
a quite irreproducable instability.
Hope this can help or give some idea.
"TMi" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
I have tracked the problem down to the order in which USB devices are
I have tracked the problem down to the order in which USB devices are
connected. I have a 256 Gig Simpletech USB backup disk. If it is connected
first, Vista Ultimate will not recognize ANY subsequent insertion of USB
flash drives (tried several brands and sizes). If I disconnect the
Simpletech, i can insert USB flash drives and they will be recognised.
Furthermore if I connect the USB flash drive first and then the Simpletech
drive, both will work.
FYI I am running a Dell Inspiron 9200 with 1 gig memory and all Vista
updates have been applied.
:
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Certainly sounds to me like a bug in Vista which needs fixing. The only
other thing I can think of would be a BIOS problem in need of an update,
but that's pure speculation on my part. Might be interesting to see if
your computer's BIOS recognizes these various devices (or not) depending
on which of them is plugged in at boot time.
I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does not
I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does
not have a problem. I am not sure how to check if BIOS recognises USB
devices, as requested. The BIOS setup does not list drives.
If I boot with the 256 USB drive and a flash connected, Vista displays
message that it is looking for a driver cannot find one. It then does no
recognise flash stick. The 256 works fine
The USB flash memory worked under XP on the same computer and hardware
configuration. The upgrade to Vista was a clean install with partitions
droped and a single new partition created. To me this points to Vista issue,
potentially linked to loading large USB memory device.
:
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Ah, new evidence. Try this workaround for a known Vista bug:
Delete the file C:\windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 which may well be corrupted.
(You will first need to edit its file permissions to grant Full Control
to the Users group.)
Even if it doesn't help, it won't hurt anything either.
No change after delete. Same behavior.
No change after delete. Same behavior. Will not recognize USB flash memory
stick
:
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Hmpf! Well, returning to the BIOS question, my own BIOS (several years
old) will let me change the order of available bootable devices. I
don't have multiple USB boot devices to test, but I figured you might
be able to glean some information about which USB boot devices your
BIOS recognizes by booting multiple times and seeing what devices your
BIOS will let you pick from while trying different combinations.
(I've never tried this myself...)
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Has anyone tried this yet? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528
Hey,I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Hey,
I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Vista... My iPod doesnt work either... Has anyone found a solution?
Microsoft really needs to be monitoring this....
:
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ke3pu wrote:
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB .
19-Mar-07
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB . i use Vista
Ultimate on both my Laptop and Desktop. on my laptop as soon as i insert the
USB card Vista detects it and assigns it as a Driver. but on my Desktop it
prompts for drivers? Even if i direct the installer to "C:\Windows" every
time i re-insert the USB card , it prompts for driver for an "Unidentified
Device" which again i have to point the installer to "C:\windows" for it to
work!
is there anyway of finding out what's causing the conflict? perhaps a driver
installer? or another USB Device? i have unplugged all my USB devices but
this still happens or perhaps a driver installer?
can anyone show me how i can check for conflicts properly? thanx
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USB Flash drives not recognized
Under Vista Ultimate, when I insert a flash drive, the OS does not recognize
it as a USB Mass storage device, and prompts for drivers.
Here are some details:
1. This system was upgraded from XP
2. A Sandisk Cruzer Mini 1GB flash drive was installed prior to the upgrade
(this device is the only thumbdrive that works)
3. A USB card reader is present (system allocates 4 removable disks) and
working
4. I've verified the Sandisk drive is working on another system
5. I also get the same results with an older 128 MB flash drive
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB .
i have the same problem with my Sandisk Cruzer Micro 4GB . i use Vista
Ultimate on both my Laptop and Desktop. on my laptop as soon as i insert the
USB card Vista detects it and assigns it as a Driver. but on my Desktop it
prompts for drivers? Even if i direct the installer to "C:\Windows" every
time i re-insert the USB card , it prompts for driver for an "Unidentified
Device" which again i have to point the installer to "C:\windows" for it to
work!
is there anyway of finding out what's causing the conflict? perhaps a driver
installer? or another USB Device? i have unplugged all my USB devices but
this still happens or perhaps a driver installer?
can anyone show me how i can check for conflicts properly? thanx
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
ke3pup wrote:
Quite a few people are having the same problem with USB sticks, which
appears to be a Vista bug in need of a fix. I'd like to track it down,
but I can't reproduce the problem. If either of you feel geeky enough
to do some debugging, I have some ideas to try -- but a basic knowledge
of the Registry would be helpful, otherwise it might be too confusing
for a beginner.
Does your 4GB Cruzer have the U3 stuff installed on it?
Does your 4GB Cruzer have the U3 stuff installed on it? Mine came with U3
installed...I went to u3.com and used their utility to remove U3, formatted
the stick to NTFS and it works fine on my vista notebook and desktop (both
ultimate) for readyboost or normal drive...
Greenwing
I have a Kingston 2GB Datatravler U3 stick.
I have a Kingston 2GB Datatravler U3 stick. The problem was Launchpad for the
U3 would work. The solution was released abut 10 days ago. A Vista compatable
version of Launchpad. Since then I've had no problems.
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Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
GreenWing wrote:
Thanks for the tip. I was wondering how to get rid of U3. More
importantly, did Vista ask you for drivers every time you plugged
it in?
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
maxinminn wrote:
Before that, did Vista ask you for drivers every time?
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
No...the u3 stuff installed and was working (except for the removal
function)...I wanted the stick for readyboost, so I deleted off the U3 crap
via u3.com...Ultimate sees the drive fine and has never asked for a
driver...Treats it as a regular USB drive since installation...I have the
stick inside my desktop so I never remove it...
Greenwing
Mine did come with U3 installed but i removed it using the installer as well
Mine did come with U3 installed but i removed it using the installer as well
and formatted it with NTFS but my Desktop never automatically found the
drivers for it, i had to point the installer to "C:\Windows" for it to be
able to find the drivers! Since installing the Drivers, now every time i
re-insert the USB card in, Vista tells me it needs to look for driver for
"Unidentified Device???, so again i have to direct it to "C:\Windows" in which
case the "Unidentified Device" becomes "SanDisk Cruzer Micro" when it finds
the driver.
i would do anything to find out why this happens. So am i willing to do
debugging, YES, just tell me how.
thanx
Tell me where in the registry you want me to look and I'll post what I find.
Tell me where in the registry you want me to look and I will post what I find.
:
Wow, where can I find a newsgroup devoted to U3 flash drives?
Wow, where can I find a newsgroup devoted to U3 flash drives? I just bought one
90 minutes ago and I'm not sure I should use it on my 98SE machine if I still
want to use U3 on an XP machine. U3 changes the whole POV of a flashdrive for
me, so I don't wanna wreck it prematurely.
Thank You Staples for confounding a simple purchase for me.
There shouldn't be ANY problems between a 98 & XP machine.
There should not be ANY problems between a 98 & XP machine. The default
drivers for the U3 work just fine on my XP machines. The driver issue was
with my new Vista machine.
:
The removal of the U3 programs might be the problem.
The removal of the U3 programs might be the problem. If your thumb drive is
set up like mine, then it came with two partitions, one with U3 and the other
is the main data partition. Have you checked the SanDisk website? What I'd do
is visit the site, run the necessary software/Drivers to RESTORE your thumb
drive back to it's original state. Then you have a way of communicating with
SanDisk Support, which is what I'd suggest you do.
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Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
maxinminn wrote:
I have a Kingston which had U3 on it until I deleted it with the U3
removal tool. The only difference I noticed is that used to appear
in Vista as a CDROM disk (!) and now it's back to being an ordinary
USB drive. No driver problems either way, and it still works.
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
ke3pup wrote:
I posted a response to you in 'Vista Playing Dumb' a while ago before
I saw this post. First fetch the process monitor utility and spend
some time getting used to it. Learn how to tell it to print only the
info you want to see, so you aren't overwhelmed with data. It's just
a tool to display info, so it shouldn't be able to screw up your
machine any further than it is ;o)
After that, my approach would be to use it to see where Vista is
searching for its drivers. Is it looking for the wrong drivers
in the right place, or the right drivers in the wrong place, or
maybe both. Vista really shouldn't be looking for *any* drivers,
so that's the real puzzle to solve, but I'd need to work backwards
from the end towards the beginning of this bug.
You'll probably need more advice along the way, but get started
first and you'll probably get some ideas of your own to try.
I just bought an Acer 9410 laptop and a 2G Cruzer Micro..
I just bought an Acer 9410 laptop and a 2G Cruzer Micro.. It does absolutely
nothing except give an invalid USB device message... no driver opportunity.
San Disk was no help at all. Just very rude off shore support which I ended
hanging up on.. I guess I will try the U3 site for fix and if
nothing...remove U3. Hate to do that but......
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
:
Well I'd go back to the Kingston site and there is a Vista compatible
launchpad update. D/L it and run it. What it does is: removes the old U3
programs, then safely makes a copy of any data on the drive, reformats and
then repartitions the drive, then puts the new U3 software on the drive, and
then finally copiies the data back onto the data partition. That should get
you a fully functional U3 system again.
I have the problem with my 3 USB key, but only on 1 of my 2 PC* Sometimes it
I have the problem with my 3 USB key, but only on 1 of my 2 PC
* Sometimes it ask me to install dirver. the trick is to indicates
c:\windows\... driverstore ... then it will (at least) install 3 different
driver ... and it finally work
* Nevertheless, very often, it take 5-10mn to recognize (eg appears into
explorer as a disk, and light turn on on the USB key), if i log off it will
be recognised (or if i wait 5-10 mn).
* The only differnce i saw between my 2 PC, is that the 1 with problem has a
supplmentary item : in management tools / disk, i have "removable disk ",
not only "disk mangment" (sorry my Vista is french, so it's a translation of
french word, so the english real name is may be slightly diffrent)
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
TMi wrote:
Does that machine boot okay when a USB key is plugged in?
What drivers does Vista install? Any interesting messages in
C:\windows\inf\setupapi.app.log or setupapi.dev.log?
I'm seeing entries about my Kingston USB stick in those logs -- and
the strange thing is that I see entries saying that DriverUpdate exited
with FAILURE status(??) but I have no problems of any kind with any of
my 3 USB sticks. Very strange!
You have two machines which behave differently, so we might get some
information by comparing the log files from the two machines after
plugging the same USB stick in each machine.
Yes, my USB stick appears as a removable drive also, and I have no
problems with drivers. You see that on the machine *with* problems, is
that correct?
Thanks for the information.
YES, and USB is perfectly & immediatly recognisedI think it's disk.
YES, and USB is perfectly & immediatly recognised
I think it's disk.sys ; usbstrore.inf ; parmgr.sys (i've not checked)
Here somme examples
1)
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
!!! inf: Error searching published INFs - likely system corruption!
dvi: Created Driver Node:
dvi: HardwareID - USB\Class_08&SubClass_06&Prot_50
dvi: InfName - C:\Windows\INF\usbstor.inf
2)
!!! sto: Inf file does not contain CatalogFile directive for
the specified processor architecture. Inf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf' ([strings] <src
= normal>)
inf: Opened INF: 'e:\windows\inf\LAYOUT.INF' ([strings] <src
= normal>)
!!! sto: The driver package has a reference to a missing
file. File Name = qv2kux.sys, Error = 80070002
!!! sto: GetCopyFilesListFromInf() failed. Error = 80070002,
Inf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf
!!! sto: Failed to copy the Driver Package to C:\Users\Thibaut &
Trinidad\{664648da-1798-4a1f-abbc-9150aed25765}. Error = 80070002
!!! sto: Failed to copy driver package from source into temporary
client location. Error = 80070002, SrcInf = e:\windows\inf\usbstor.inf,
DestPath = C:\Users\Thibaut &
Trinidad\{664648da-1798-4a1f-abbc-9150aed25765}
sto: {Staging Package To Driver Store - phase 1 exit(80070002)}
! inf: Add to Driver Store unsuccessful
!!! inf: returning failure to SetupCopyOEMInf
inf: {SetupCopyOEMInf exit (0x00000002)} 22:14:45.952
!!! ndv: Driver Package import failed for new device...installing NULL
driver.
Yes, on both machine my 3 differents USB keys (one is mini hard disk)
appears in explorer with the same icon image.
But, but, the difference btw my to 2 PC is not on the explorer, is not in
the device manager neither.
The difference i see is when i open the "computer manager", in the part
where you can manage your disk i have an item which is not on the PC which
is working fine
In the bad PC i have (in french)
1) Stockage/Stockage amovible translation (approx) ->
storage/removable storage
2) Stockage/gestion de disque translation (approx) -> disk/disk
management (where you can see the partition etc, change the drive letter
.....etc)
In the good Pc i've only
2) Stockage/gestion de disque translation (approx) -> disk/disk
management
So for me that's a strange difference
Hope this help.
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
TMi wrote:
Well, that doesn't sound very good. Have you tried chkdisk on your
C: drive?
Why is Vista looking on the E: drive for Vista drivers? Did you ever
tell it to look there?
Are there any references to e:\ in your Registry?
A. Yes, it's okA.
A. Yes, it's ok
A. I don't know, E: is my 2nd HD with Windows XP
My USB are still working fine ... if i wait 1-10mn ! my old good
floppy drive is quicker ;-)
Other thing, sometimes it takes 5 min to finish to close Vista, just at the
final step when the screen is yet black. This occur 1 time upon 5-10.
Other thing : if i boot with my USB yet in, it's ok, if i retsart a session
it's also ok.
"Don" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
Solution ?
Solution ?
The remote control software of my TV card was slowering the shutdown of
Vista. I've supress it automatic load from the registry. Now Vista close
without problem (not tested more than 4-6 time).
It seems, that now my USB keys are quikly recognised and that there is no
more pb !?
So a solution can be to check carefully all other hardware/software devices.
There is a lot which are not fully compatible (even if announced to be
compatible). For example my TV Terratec Cinergy T2, Speefan (not ok on one
of my PC, making it crashing sometimes).
What is tricky is the fact that there not a clear strong problem, it's just
a quite irreproducable instability.
Hope this can help or give some idea.
"TMi" <[email protected]> a ??crit dans le message de
I have tracked the problem down to the order in which USB devices are
I have tracked the problem down to the order in which USB devices are
connected. I have a 256 Gig Simpletech USB backup disk. If it is connected
first, Vista Ultimate will not recognize ANY subsequent insertion of USB
flash drives (tried several brands and sizes). If I disconnect the
Simpletech, i can insert USB flash drives and they will be recognised.
Furthermore if I connect the USB flash drive first and then the Simpletech
drive, both will work.
FYI I am running a Dell Inspiron 9200 with 1 gig memory and all Vista
updates have been applied.
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Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Certainly sounds to me like a bug in Vista which needs fixing. The only
other thing I can think of would be a BIOS problem in need of an update,
but that's pure speculation on my part. Might be interesting to see if
your computer's BIOS recognizes these various devices (or not) depending
on which of them is plugged in at boot time.
I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does not
I am running the latest DELL BIOS release, but that does not say Dell does
not have a problem. I am not sure how to check if BIOS recognises USB
devices, as requested. The BIOS setup does not list drives.
If I boot with the 256 USB drive and a flash connected, Vista displays
message that it is looking for a driver cannot find one. It then does no
recognise flash stick. The 256 works fine
The USB flash memory worked under XP on the same computer and hardware
configuration. The upgrade to Vista was a clean install with partitions
droped and a single new partition created. To me this points to Vista issue,
potentially linked to loading large USB memory device.
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Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Ah, new evidence. Try this workaround for a known Vista bug:
Delete the file C:\windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 which may well be corrupted.
(You will first need to edit its file permissions to grant Full Control
to the Users group.)
Even if it doesn't help, it won't hurt anything either.
No change after delete. Same behavior.
No change after delete. Same behavior. Will not recognize USB flash memory
stick
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Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Dave T wrote:
Hmpf! Well, returning to the BIOS question, my own BIOS (several years
old) will let me change the order of available bootable devices. I
don't have multiple USB boot devices to test, but I figured you might
be able to glean some information about which USB boot devices your
BIOS recognizes by booting multiple times and seeing what devices your
BIOS will let you pick from while trying different combinations.
(I've never tried this myself...)
Re: USB Flash drives not recognized
Has anyone tried this yet? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925528
Hey,I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Hey,
I have the same problem, my drives worked BEFORE I did a clean install of
Vista... My iPod doesnt work either... Has anyone found a solution?
Microsoft really needs to be monitoring this....
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