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> "Don" wrote in message
> news:4bngu5ppjjoeab2lrimjgb1u1ho7lrunrp@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
>> wrote:
>>
>> |Don wrote in
>> |news:1sn8u55oc3ec3jr0mijkdiksat9fginr6s@4ax.com:
>> |
>> |> Beginning a day or so ago, I no longer "see" or get a
>> drive letter
>> |> when a thumb drive (any) is inserted in a usb port. I get
>> the
>> |> sound notification that the drive is inserted (and
>> recognized),
>> |> the drive shows up as a device under disk drives in the
>> hardware
>> |> manager and as a drive under device manager. I can set a
>> drive
>> |> letter using the drive manager under the computer services
>> routine
>> |> but that letter is not seen by explorer. I've looked
>> (googled)
>> |> for similar problems with other users but nothing seems to
>> work.
>> |> I'm using XP Pro, SP3 with all updates, the system has
>> been stable
>> |> for months and just like that - poof- no thumb drive! Any
>> help
>> |> would be appreciated. Don
>> |
>> |Probably the most definitive resource for information on
>> this kind of
>> |problems is the following:
>> |
>> |"Troubleshooting for USB drives"
>> |
>> |
>> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000,
>> XP"
>> |
>> |
>> |HTH,
>> | JOHN
>>
>> Thanks to all who made suggestions. None worked for me.
>> Let me explain in a bit more detail the situation. I have a
>> number of
>> thumb drives. All work perfectly in my Dell laptop running
>> windows xp
>> proffesional SP3 fully updated. None work in my desktop which
>> is also
>> running xp professional sp3 fully updated. Here are some
>> clues:
>> 1. when inserting the thumbdrive I get the audio recognition.
>> If I
>> then look at the window in the "Safely remove hardware" app,
>> the
>> device shows up as ageneric device with no drive letter. If
>> I look at
>> the diskmanager display under computer management services ,
>> the
>> device shows up and again with no drive letter. If I right
>> click and
>> select add/change drive letter and then so choose one, the
>> display
>> changes to now show the drive letter. Another righ click and
>> Explore
>> I can view the contents of the drive. BUT BUT BUT the drive
>> does not
>> show up in Explorer (or any other viewer or app). It was
>> suggested
>> that once I add the drive letter I should remove the drive
>> and then
>> re-insert. I tried that - no joy. I can find no reason
>> behind this
>> situation and as I stated in my initial message it jst popped
>> up in
>> the middle of one day. No error messages, no BSOD, nothing.
>> Further,
>> trying one of the programs at the www.uwe-sieber.de site did
>> not
>> correct the problem nor did any of the many suggestions
>> there. Again
>> thanks for the suggestions.
>> Don
> ==
> Did you try to copy a file to the drive in question? Did you
> try to subsequently try to read, copy or delete this test
> file? Can you drag and drop to/from the thumb drive?
>
> Try different scenarios to see what works and what doesn't.
> Sometimes this is all it takes to correct these "strange"
> situations.
>
> I have never seen what you describe but who knows...it could
> happen to any one of us.
>
> ==
>
Also did you try a restore two or three points back...maybe,
just maybe you might get your old settings back, but it is a
long-shot.
==
>
> "Don" wrote in message
> news:4bngu5ppjjoeab2lrimjgb1u1ho7lrunrp@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
>> wrote:
>>
>> |Don wrote in
>> |news:1sn8u55oc3ec3jr0mijkdiksat9fginr6s@4ax.com:
>> |
>> |> Beginning a day or so ago, I no longer "see" or get a
>> drive letter
>> |> when a thumb drive (any) is inserted in a usb port. I get
>> the
>> |> sound notification that the drive is inserted (and
>> recognized),
>> |> the drive shows up as a device under disk drives in the
>> hardware
>> |> manager and as a drive under device manager. I can set a
>> drive
>> |> letter using the drive manager under the computer services
>> routine
>> |> but that letter is not seen by explorer. I've looked
>> (googled)
>> |> for similar problems with other users but nothing seems to
>> work.
>> |> I'm using XP Pro, SP3 with all updates, the system has
>> been stable
>> |> for months and just like that - poof- no thumb drive! Any
>> help
>> |> would be appreciated. Don
>> |
>> |Probably the most definitive resource for information on
>> this kind of
>> |problems is the following:
>> |
>> |"Troubleshooting for USB drives"
>> |
>> |
>> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000,
>> XP"
>> |
>> |
>> |HTH,
>> | JOHN
>>
>> Thanks to all who made suggestions. None worked for me.
>> Let me explain in a bit more detail the situation. I have a
>> number of
>> thumb drives. All work perfectly in my Dell laptop running
>> windows xp
>> proffesional SP3 fully updated. None work in my desktop which
>> is also
>> running xp professional sp3 fully updated. Here are some
>> clues:
>> 1. when inserting the thumbdrive I get the audio recognition.
>> If I
>> then look at the window in the "Safely remove hardware" app,
>> the
>> device shows up as ageneric device with no drive letter. If
>> I look at
>> the diskmanager display under computer management services ,
>> the
>> device shows up and again with no drive letter. If I right
>> click and
>> select add/change drive letter and then so choose one, the
>> display
>> changes to now show the drive letter. Another righ click and
>> Explore
>> I can view the contents of the drive. BUT BUT BUT the drive
>> does not
>> show up in Explorer (or any other viewer or app). It was
>> suggested
>> that once I add the drive letter I should remove the drive
>> and then
>> re-insert. I tried that - no joy. I can find no reason
>> behind this
>> situation and as I stated in my initial message it jst popped
>> up in
>> the middle of one day. No error messages, no BSOD, nothing.
>> Further,
>> trying one of the programs at the www.uwe-sieber.de site did
>> not
>> correct the problem nor did any of the many suggestions
>> there. Again
>> thanks for the suggestions.
>> Don
> ==
> Did you try to copy a file to the drive in question? Did you
> try to subsequently try to read, copy or delete this test
> file? Can you drag and drop to/from the thumb drive?
>
> Try different scenarios to see what works and what doesn't.
> Sometimes this is all it takes to correct these "strange"
> situations.
>
> I have never seen what you describe but who knows...it could
> happen to any one of us.
>
> ==
>
Also did you try a restore two or three points back...maybe,
just maybe you might get your old settings back, but it is a
long-shot.
==
