Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

[Guest isky11]

Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my local

PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible when I

search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable media

e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick it it

usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures etc. Does

anyone have some simple advice please?

Thx and much appreciated.

BoaT

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Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

 

 

"isky11" <isky11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FDBFA1CC-13F2-404D-9A9E-29FB143C93B5@microsoft.com...

> Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my

> local

> PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible when I

> search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable media

> e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick it it

> usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures etc. Does

> anyone have some simple advice please?

> Thx and much appreciated.

> BoaT

> --

> Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

 

Insert your camera flash disk, then launch "My Computer" and

report what drive letters you see. Is one of them the flash disk?

[Guest isky11]

Re: Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

 

No...I see "Hard Disk Drive - C drive and "devices woth removable storage" -

D,E (being DVD and DVD RW respectively). Lastly "other - Sony Ericsson firl

manager.

Previously it used to show F,F and H which are all for removsable memory

sticks of various sizes.

Cheers & Thx for your help so far.

BoaT

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Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "isky11" <isky11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:FDBFA1CC-13F2-404D-9A9E-29FB143C93B5@microsoft.com...

> > Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my

> > local

> > PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible when I

> > search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable media

> > e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick it it

> > usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures etc. Does

> > anyone have some simple advice please?

> > Thx and much appreciated.

> > BoaT

> > --

> > Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

>

> Insert your camera flash disk, then launch "My Computer" and

> report what drive letters you see. Is one of them the flash disk?

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

 

I would perform some tests:

- Run the "Device Manager" and check if the USB driver has a problem.

- Try a different USB port.

- Try a different flash disk.

- Test if the USB port works, by connection a USB mouse or printer to it.

- Check the flash disk on a different PC.

 

"isky11" <isky11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1DB31D5F-7AFF-49B7-B0A4-FA43DEEF9E3D@microsoft.com...

> No...I see "Hard Disk Drive - C drive and "devices woth removable

> storage" -

> D,E (being DVD and DVD RW respectively). Lastly "other - Sony Ericsson

> firl

> manager.

> Previously it used to show F,F and H which are all for removsable memory

> sticks of various sizes.

> Cheers & Thx for your help so far.

> BoaT

> --

> Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

>

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "isky11" <isky11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:FDBFA1CC-13F2-404D-9A9E-29FB143C93B5@microsoft.com...

>> > Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my

>> > local

>> > PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible

>> > when I

>> > search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable

>> > media

>> > e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick it

>> > it

>> > usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures etc.

>> > Does

>> > anyone have some simple advice please?

>> > Thx and much appreciated.

>> > BoaT

>> > --

>> > Useless bitofatit really..aka ludite

>>

>> Insert your camera flash disk, then launch "My Computer" and

>> report what drive letters you see. Is one of them the flash disk?

>>

>>

>>

[Guest N. Miller]

Re: Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

 

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:43:01 -0700, isky11 wrote:

> Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my local

> PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible when I

> search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable media

> e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick it it

> usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures etc. Does

> anyone have some simple advice please?

 

I have an HP Pavilion m7590n. It has a built-in memory card reader; four

slots, actually. Doesn't appear as a USB connection to the disk manager. My

Computer has a listing for "Devices with Removable Storage", and in that

listing are:

 

DVD-RAM Drive (F:)

DVD Drive (G:)

Removable Disk (H:)

Removable Disk (I:)

Removable Disk (J:)

Removable Disk (K:)

 

The latter four are assorted flash memory cards, such as xD, or MMC, or SD.

They do show up in the Disk Manager, under Computer Management through the

control panel.

 

Also listed is a Storage tree, with Removable Storage under the Removable

Storage root, and a Libraries folder. Expanding the folder shows for Generic

USB readers, thus:

 

Generic USB MS Reader USB Device

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device

Generic USB SD Reader USB Device

Generic USB SM Reader USB Device

 

As a guess, some drivers were not installed during the restore. In my case,

the card reader is a physical device with an internal connection, not a

device on an external USB connection. Which doesn't negate the need to test

the USB manager, just limits the capacity to "try a different USB port".

 

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[Guest Malke]

Re: Following system reinstall lost my F.G,H drives?

 

isky11 wrote:

> Due to a hardware problem I needed to reinstall Windows (Took it to my

> local PC store). Have just noticed that my F,G & H drives are not visible

> when I search and they don't seem to wrek. These drives are for removeable

> media e.g. the memory stick from my camera. When I insert my memory stick

> it it usual shows up and I decide what to do, view, down load pictures

> etc. Does anyone have some simple advice please?

> Thx and much appreciated.

> BoaT

 

Sounds like the PC store forgot to install all the drivers for your

hardware. Go to the computer mftr.'s website and download the drivers for

your specific model computer. They will possibly be from Texas Instruments

or Ricoh.

 

Malke

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