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Can't access USB flash drive
I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home
machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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Can't access USB flash drive
Does the flash drive appear in the device manager?
"Simon" wrote: I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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Can't access USB flash drive
Yes it does. Currently I have two sticks plugged in. Device Manager
recognises them both and shows the same properties for each one, but only one shows up in My Computer... Jack wrote: Does the flash drive appear in the device manager? "Simon" wrote: I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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Can't access USB flash drive
It could be that there is a mapped/network drive that has the same drive
letter as the USB drive. Check in Disk Management and change the drive letter(s) if need be. - John "Simon" wrote: Yes it does. Currently I have two sticks plugged in. Device Manager recognises them both and shows the same properties for each one, but only one shows up in My Computer... Jack wrote: Does the flash drive appear in the device manager? "Simon" wrote: I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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Can't access USB flash drive
I think I'm getting to the bottom of it. At work, we all have a network
drive mapped to G: (can't change this). I also happen to have two DVD drives (D & E). For some reason, this one particular flash drive always wants to be G:, so it can't appear on my work machine unless I disconnect the G: network drive. Any other flash stick just takes the next available letter (F). I don't have permissions to change the disk management at work. When I plug it in a home, would there be some setting for the stick that makes it always connect to G:? So, is it possible to configure that particular drive to choose the next available letter? It sounds like the sort of thing that should be a OS setting rather than a device specific setting, but the problem only ever occurs with this stick... usasma wrote: It could be that there is a mapped/network drive that has the same drive letter as the USB drive. Check in Disk Management and change the drive letter(s) if need be. - John "Simon" wrote: Yes it does. Currently I have two sticks plugged in. Device Manager recognises them both and shows the same properties for each one, but only one shows up in My Computer... Jack wrote: Does the flash drive appear in the device manager? "Simon" wrote: I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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Can't access USB flash drive
You admin could use my tool ReMount to change drive letter remotely by execute it by means of Sysinternals PsExec: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsExec.html http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/remount.zip Or he installs my USB drive letter manager to ensure that no one bothers him again about drive letters. http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html If this is all no option then you can change the letter by a dirty trick... Windows saves drive letter assingment once made. But it can save exactely on assingment per drive and per letter. When a drive is not connected then its assingment can be superseeded by the 'first availlable letter' rule. And this is what you can use: Attache the first drive. Then borrow anothter drive and attach it too. It will get letter G because it's the first availlable in view of the mount manager. Then attach your second drive (use an USB port at the back side if you have only two in front). Your second drive gets the first availlable letter now (maybe H and Windows will save this. And as long as you never attach three drives at the same time again, it sould stay at H:. Greetings from Germany Uwe Simon wrote: I think I'm getting to the bottom of it. At work, we all have a network drive mapped to G: (can't change this). I also happen to have two DVD drives (D & E). For some reason, this one particular flash drive always wants to be G:, so it can't appear on my work machine unless I disconnect the G: network drive. Any other flash stick just takes the next available letter (F). I don't have permissions to change the disk management at work. When I plug it in a home, would there be some setting for the stick that makes it always connect to G:? So, is it possible to configure that particular drive to choose the next available letter? It sounds like the sort of thing that should be a OS setting rather than a device specific setting, but the problem only ever occurs with this stick... usasma wrote: It could be that there is a mapped/network drive that has the same drive letter as the USB drive. Check in Disk Management and change the drive letter(s) if need be. - John "Simon" wrote: Yes it does. Currently I have two sticks plugged in. Device Manager recognises them both and shows the same properties for each one, but only one shows up in My Computer... Jack wrote: Does the flash drive appear in the device manager? "Simon" wrote: I've got an odd problem with a flash drive (USB stick). On my home machine, Windows XP Pro recognizes it as soon as I plug it in and I can read and write with it. However, I don't get the little icon that says 'Safely remove Hardware'... When I plug the stick into my work machine (also XP Pro) doesn't give me a 'Removeable Drive' disk in My Computer. I now get the 'Safely Remove hardware' icon and I can see the device in Device manager. I can plug this disk into all the other machines in the office and it is accessable instantly. My work machine can also access any other flash stick. It just seems to be this particular stick in this particular machine. Any clues? |
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