USB-Massstorage Driver Problems

[Guest]

Hi there

my problem is that Windows Vista (Ultimate, 64Bit) can't find the standard
USB-Massstorage driver ... When I connect a USB Stick or MP3 Player or my
mobile phone to the USB port (any USB port) it says it needs a driver and
when I say go and get it ... look for it ... it can't find any ... please
help me!
NO USB Storage device is working and I don't know what to do. This is so
rediculous ... I bought Windows and can't get USB to work ...

 

[PvdG42]

Hi there

my problem is that Windows Vista (Ultimate, 64Bit) can't find the standard
USB-Massstorage driver ... When I connect a USB Stick or MP3 Player or my
mobile phone to the USB port (any USB port) it says it needs a driver and
when I say go and get it ... look for it ... it can't find any ... please
help me!
NO USB Storage device is working and I don't know what to do. This is so
rediculous ... I bought Windows and can't get USB to work ...

Problems with USB memory sticks are not uncommon in Vista and there is a fix
that appears to work for many (it worked for me).

Locate the file INFCACHE.1 on the PC. You'll find it in <OS
drive>\Windows\inf

Give yourself full control of INFCACHE.1 by right-clicking on it, then
Properties->Security->Edit to add your users group with full control.
Delete INFCACHE.1

Reboot your machine, then try the USB memory stick. Hopefully, Vista will
now find and install the needed driver.

 

[Uwe Sieber]

Hi there

my problem is that Windows Vista (Ultimate, 64Bit) can't find the standard
USB-Massstorage driver ... When I connect a USB Stick or MP3 Player or my
mobile phone to the USB port (any USB port) it says it needs a driver and
when I say go and get it ... look for it ... it can't find any ... please
help me!
NO USB Storage device is working and I don't know what to do. This is so
rediculous ... I bought Windows and can't get USB to work ...

Vista seems to tend to loose the files USBSTOR.INF and USBSTOR.PNF from
C:\Windows\INF. Probably there are more files missing then but the
USBSTOR files are most frequently used ones.
There are copies of the files in
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository - just copy them to
C:\Windows\INF.


Uwe