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USB Drives not showing in my computer, but seen by disk managment
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bigchiefdan
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Ive had issues like this in the past. Do you have any network drives mapped?
The issue Ive had relates to XP wanting to assign a drive letter to the USB drive, but its already being used as a mapped drive so it does not assign it any letter. When I manually assign it in disk mgt, it works fine until a reboot or removal of the drive then its back to square one.
Dont know if this helps.
The issue Ive had relates to XP wanting to assign a drive letter to the USB drive, but its already being used as a mapped drive so it does not assign it any letter. When I manually assign it in disk mgt, it works fine until a reboot or removal of the drive then its back to square one.
Dont know if this helps.
Is the drive formated with a recognised file system, i.e NTFS or Fat32.
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thanks for the response guys. Sorry should have provided more info.
I tried assigning to another drive letter (yes we have mapped drives), but the problem is still the same. I am familier with the mapped drive problem and USB drives. It isnt that this time.
The drive is formatted and works fine if plugged into a 2nd identical machine. Disk management does assign a drive letter, and everything, just doesnt appear in my computer. Ive hearda bout a reg fix for this, but couldnt find it on google, any other ideas?
I tried assigning to another drive letter (yes we have mapped drives), but the problem is still the same. I am familier with the mapped drive problem and USB drives. It isnt that this time.
The drive is formatted and works fine if plugged into a 2nd identical machine. Disk management does assign a drive letter, and everything, just doesnt appear in my computer. Ive hearda bout a reg fix for this, but couldnt find it on google, any other ideas?
See if this is of any help...
USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP und höher
There is also a Link called "tips for solving problems with USB drives" on that web page, which will lead you to further troubleshoot the issue...
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USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP und höher
There is also a Link called "tips for solving problems with USB drives" on that web page, which will lead you to further troubleshoot the issue...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
tlcscousin
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I dont know if this is what your looking fo or not but does list the registry key to block USB mass storage.
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