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hi all, i have a very frustrating usb issue. out of the blue my ipod
stopped working on my computer. at first i assumed its was a itunes/ipod
issue. but then i realized that other usb devices were not working either.
strange thing is my mouse and keyboard are usb. i tried swaping ports. mouse
and keyboard work anywhere. but my ipod and my western digital external hard
drive don't work anywhere.
i have windows xp sp2 with all current updates. i've tried disabling ports
,deleting drivers and rebooting amungst many other suggestions. now i should
mention that i have a second pc with xp home and all current updates and
these devices work fine. on my main pc i get a usb error that reads : USB
DEVICE NOT REGCOGNIZED
one of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and
windows does not recognize it. under device manager both devices just
show up as unknown device. now this morning a idea hit me and i
thought i was on to somthing. i hooked up my ipod and my external drive to
my second pc. went to device manager and looked at what driver windows used
for those two devices.
both of them used USBSTOR.SYS . so i figured i could just manually pic
that driver. wrong! on my main computer when i try and pic the driver i go
as far as
C:\windows\system32\drivers\..thats it the only thing that shows up is two
folders
entittled disdn & etc. so i tried to just manually type in the driver i
wanted alone with its directory, just as it was written on my other computer
and that didn't work either. and to top it off i found a thumb drive and it
works fine! so i went into device manager and checked out what driver windows
used for the thumb drive. guess what the little piece of s*@# was using
USBSTOR.SYS so i am stumped. if you mangaed to read this far and have any
suggestions.. it would be greatly appreciated
stopped working on my computer. at first i assumed its was a itunes/ipod
issue. but then i realized that other usb devices were not working either.
strange thing is my mouse and keyboard are usb. i tried swaping ports. mouse
and keyboard work anywhere. but my ipod and my western digital external hard
drive don't work anywhere.
i have windows xp sp2 with all current updates. i've tried disabling ports
,deleting drivers and rebooting amungst many other suggestions. now i should
mention that i have a second pc with xp home and all current updates and
these devices work fine. on my main pc i get a usb error that reads : USB
DEVICE NOT REGCOGNIZED
one of the usb devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and
windows does not recognize it. under device manager both devices just
show up as unknown device. now this morning a idea hit me and i
thought i was on to somthing. i hooked up my ipod and my external drive to
my second pc. went to device manager and looked at what driver windows used
for those two devices.
both of them used USBSTOR.SYS . so i figured i could just manually pic
that driver. wrong! on my main computer when i try and pic the driver i go
as far as
C:\windows\system32\drivers\..thats it the only thing that shows up is two
folders
entittled disdn & etc. so i tried to just manually type in the driver i
wanted alone with its directory, just as it was written on my other computer
and that didn't work either. and to top it off i found a thumb drive and it
works fine! so i went into device manager and checked out what driver windows
used for the thumb drive. guess what the little piece of s*@# was using
USBSTOR.SYS so i am stumped. if you mangaed to read this far and have any
suggestions.. it would be greatly appreciated