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Re: No Drive Letter for USB Thumbdrive

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Doug W.

Flightless Bird
"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Don" <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> wrote in message
> news:4bngu5ppjjoeab2lrimjgb1u1ho7lrunrp@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
>> <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote:
>>
>> |Don <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> 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"
>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html>
>> |
>> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000,
>> XP"
>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html>
>> |
>> |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.
==
 
D

Don

Flightless Bird
On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:40:37 -0600, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote:

|
|"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:...
|>
|> "Don" <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> wrote in message
|> news:4bngu5ppjjoeab2lrimjgb1u1ho7lrunrp@4ax.com...
|>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
|>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
|>> <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote:
|>>
|>> |Don <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> 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"
|>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html>
|>> |
|>> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000,
|>> XP"
|>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html>
|>> |
|>> |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.
|==
That was indeed my long shot fall back position but the restore points
only went back two days. Unfortunately I had also backed up my drive
image of the XP partition not knowing when I did so that the thumb
drives weren't working properly. And since Murphy does reside in my
hip pocket I had deleted older backups since everything appeared
normal. Arggghhhh!
Don
 
D

Doug W.

Flightless Bird
"Don" <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> wrote in message
news:g7vmu591api08gbc6nk2jj19vr4fk7euoe@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:40:37 -0600, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general "Doug W." <stand@attention>
> wrote:
>
> |
> |"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message news:...
> |>
> |> "Don" <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> wrote in message
> |> news:4bngu5ppjjoeab2lrimjgb1u1ho7lrunrp@4ax.com...
> |>> On Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 -0700, in
> |>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general John Wunderlich
> |>> <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote:
> |>>
> |>> |Don <donrveazeySP@gmailSP.com> 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"
> |>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html>
> |>> |
> |>> |"USBDLM V4.4.2 - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows
> 2000,
> |>> XP"
> |>> |<http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html>
> |>> |
> |>> |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.
> |==
> That was indeed my long shot fall back position but the
> restore points
> only went back two days. Unfortunately I had also backed up
> my drive
> image of the XP partition not knowing when I did so that the
> thumb
> drives weren't working properly. And since Murphy does reside
> in my
> hip pocket I had deleted older backups since everything
> appeared
> normal. Arggghhhh!
> Don
==
Next step...authorized service shop OR re-installation
(shudder), of the XP system and even then if it is a hardware
problem you will be back to square one.

My suggestion...try the authorized service route.
==
 
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