USB Memory Stick not working

[Jan Eliasen]

Hi

I have just gotten my very first USB Memory Stick - wohoo!

I am using Windows XP SP2, and it is running on a machine with USB2.0,
and the memory stick is a 1GB USB2.0 stick.

Now... The PC I am using the Stick with is my PC at work. Here I have
a couple of mapped netowrk drives, which I can not change. I have the
following drives:

c: Main partition
d: another partition of the same harddisk
e: dvd-rw
f: virtual drive used by Daemon Tools
g:, h:, i:, p:, q:, s: Mapped network drive


If I take my laptop with me home (where I am not connected to the
company network), I can get the Stick to work, but is lets itself have
drive g:. But if I boot my laptop at work, the drive g: is used for a
network drive, and the Stick doesn't get any drive letter at all, it
seems.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance!

--
Eliasen Jr. representing himself and not the company he works for.

Private email: (e-mail address removed)

"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."

 

[Bill Glidden]

The memory stick can't get a drive mapping since all the commonly used ones
are already in use for the network. Go to Computer Manager / Disk Management
and select the removable drive in the lower right window, right click, drag
down to Change Drive Letter and select an unused letter from the drop-down
list.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I am using Windows XP SP2, and it is running on a machine with USB2.0,
and the memory stick is a 1GB USB2.0 stick.

Now... The PC I am using the Stick with is my PC at work. Here I have
a couple of mapped netowrk drives, which I can not change.

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

 

[Guest]

Bill Glidden's got your answer in his post; but just in case you didn't know:

1) You'll find "Computer Management" under:
Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools
2) Since this is a work laptop, be sure to doublecheck with your IT folks to
see if you need to follow any guidelines for using the USB drive at work.
3) Don't forget to click on the "Safely remove hardware" icon located in
your system tray (right-hand side of the status bar near the clock) BEFORE
you remove the USB from laptop.

And Congratulations on the new stick -- fun stuff huh!

 

[Jan Eliasen]

I have just gotten my very first USB Memory Stick - wohoo!

Thanks for the three answer!

It works like a charm now!

--
Eliasen Jr. representing himself and not the company he works for.

Private email: (e-mail address removed)

"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."