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Old July 24th 06, 08:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Exfso
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive

I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive formy home use. The first time I
plugged it into my study machine, it was recognised, no problems. I wanted
to add a program to my laptop, so I copied the file to the drive and removed
it properly via the icon in the tray. Plugged the drive into my laptop, no
problems. Now if I go to put the drive into my main computer, I get the
audio sound saying it has been plugged in and about 5 secs later anothe sound
that would happen if I took it out without going through the correct
procedure. No matter what I do I cannot get that drive to be recognised by
my main computer. I have another much smaller flash drive that works fine on
both computers. This one has me somewhat mystified and any ideas/help would
be much appreciated.

Peter
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Old July 24th 06, 03:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
BigJim
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive

take it back sounds like a bad drive
"Exfso" wrote in message
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I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive formy home use. The first time I
plugged it into my study machine, it was recognised, no problems. I
wanted
to add a program to my laptop, so I copied the file to the drive and
removed
it properly via the icon in the tray. Plugged the drive into my laptop, no
problems. Now if I go to put the drive into my main computer, I get the
audio sound saying it has been plugged in and about 5 secs later anothe
sound
that would happen if I took it out without going through the correct
procedure. No matter what I do I cannot get that drive to be recognised
by
my main computer. I have another much smaller flash drive that works fine
on
both computers. This one has me somewhat mystified and any ideas/help
would
be much appreciated.

Peter



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Old July 24th 06, 03:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Exfso
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive

If the drive is faulty, why then does it work ok on my laptop.

"BigJim" wrote:

take it back sounds like a bad drive
"Exfso" wrote in message
...
I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive formy home use. The first time I
plugged it into my study machine, it was recognised, no problems. I
wanted
to add a program to my laptop, so I copied the file to the drive and
removed
it properly via the icon in the tray. Plugged the drive into my laptop, no
problems. Now if I go to put the drive into my main computer, I get the
audio sound saying it has been plugged in and about 5 secs later anothe
sound
that would happen if I took it out without going through the correct
procedure. No matter what I do I cannot get that drive to be recognised
by
my main computer. I have another much smaller flash drive that works fine
on
both computers. This one has me somewhat mystified and any ideas/help
would
be much appreciated.

Peter




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Old July 24th 06, 08:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Ghostrider
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive


Exfso wrote:

If the drive is faulty, why then does it work ok on my laptop.

"BigJim" wrote:


Let's make sure. Go into Control Panel to Computer Management.
Open Disk Management and check if the flash drive is recognized.
It might be missing a drive letter. If this is the case, then
manually assign it a drive letter. OTOH, if the flash drive is
not seen in Disk Management, then it is defective.
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Old July 25th 06, 02:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
letterman
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive

I've had alot of problems with USB pen drives picking and choosing which
windows configurations they want to show up under. The work-around that I've
found is to open an application like Excel, and click the Open button. This
brings up the pop-up folder explorer. You should see the drive installed in
the root, right click it and open. You should now be able to read/write from
the drive as normal. Explore option will not work however, it will send you
back to My Computer instead. Hope this helps..

"Exfso" wrote:

I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive formy home use. The first time I
plugged it into my study machine, it was recognised, no problems. I wanted
to add a program to my laptop, so I copied the file to the drive and removed
it properly via the icon in the tray. Plugged the drive into my laptop, no
problems. Now if I go to put the drive into my main computer, I get the
audio sound saying it has been plugged in and about 5 secs later anothe sound
that would happen if I took it out without going through the correct
procedure. No matter what I do I cannot get that drive to be recognised by
my main computer. I have another much smaller flash drive that works fine on
both computers. This one has me somewhat mystified and any ideas/help would
be much appreciated.

Peter

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Old July 28th 06, 05:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Exfso
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Default Problems with 2gb flash drive

Thanks for the replies, I have found the problem. I rang the manufacturer
who advised me to download a small program for their drives which formats the
pendrive. After doing this all works perfectly. I know this should not need
to be done, but it has been fixed. The manufacture is Legend in Australia and
the program which only works on their drives is called G-format from their
site.

Peter

"letterman" wrote:

I've had alot of problems with USB pen drives picking and choosing which
windows configurations they want to show up under. The work-around that I've
found is to open an application like Excel, and click the Open button. This
brings up the pop-up folder explorer. You should see the drive installed in
the root, right click it and open. You should now be able to read/write from
the drive as normal. Explore option will not work however, it will send you
back to My Computer instead. Hope this helps..

"Exfso" wrote:

I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive formy home use. The first time I
plugged it into my study machine, it was recognised, no problems. I wanted
to add a program to my laptop, so I copied the file to the drive and removed
it properly via the icon in the tray. Plugged the drive into my laptop, no
problems. Now if I go to put the drive into my main computer, I get the
audio sound saying it has been plugged in and about 5 secs later anothe sound
that would happen if I took it out without going through the correct
procedure. No matter what I do I cannot get that drive to be recognised by
my main computer. I have another much smaller flash drive that works fine on
both computers. This one has me somewhat mystified and any ideas/help would
be much appreciated.

Peter

 




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