Guest majestik Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Ok, I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new disk drive. I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not see any other drives. Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. Thanks for any help you can give me! JJ
Guest majestik Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman Bump. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working? Thanks, Jim On Sep 29, 11:55 pm, majestik <jimm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, > > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new > disk drive. > > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not > see any other drives. > > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. > > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > JJ
Guest Kelly Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in disk man Hi, Have you tried via: Right click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management/Change drive letter and path? -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm SupportSpace http://www.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner "majestik" <jimmymg@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b6b69de5-bed7-4c19-8fbd-24743c6a6efb@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > Ok, > > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new > disk drive. > > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not > see any other drives. > > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. > > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > JJ
Guest R. McCarty Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in disk man Add a System Environment Variable: DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices and set it's value = 1 Open Device Manager, Click View - Tic/Check "Show Hidden Devices" Expand the categories "Universal Serial Bus Controllers", Storage Volumes and Disk Drives one at time and Right Click each entry shown in a diminished tone (grayed out) and choose Uninstall. *Do this with all Flash based devices unplugged. Then re-insert your Flash drives and check Disk Mgmt for a proper Drive letter assignment. "majestik" <jimmymg@gmail.com> wrote in message news:95f6bf36-5a1d-4ce6-8bc9-57fcb1a60b93@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... Bump. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working? Thanks, Jim On Sep 29, 11:55 pm, majestik <jimm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, > > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new > disk drive. > > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not > see any other drives. > > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. > > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > JJ
Guest majestik Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman Yeah, that is the first thing tha came up in a search. It doesn't show in Disk Management (that is the weird part for me). On Sep 30, 1:58 pm, "Kelly" <ke...@kelly.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Have you tried via: Right click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management/Change > drive letter and path? > > -- > > All the Best, > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > SupportSpacewww.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner > > "majestik" <jimm...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:b6b69de5-bed7-4c19-8fbd-24743c6a6efb@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > > > Ok, > > > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to > > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it > > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new > > disk drive. > > > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly > > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. > > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not > > see any other drives. > > > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it > > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it > > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. > > > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive > > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried > > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. > > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > > JJ
Guest majestik Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman Re: USB Mass storage device shows up in device man but not in diskman This is definitely something I have NOT tried, thanks! I will give it a go when I get home tonight. Thanks again all for replying!!! JJ On Sep 30, 1:59 pm, "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSp...@mindspring.com> wrote: > Add a System Environment Variable: > DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices > and set it's value = 1 > > Open Device Manager, Click View - Tic/Check "Show Hidden Devices" > Expand the categories "Universal Serial Bus Controllers", Storage Volumes > and Disk Drives one at time and Right Click each entry shown in a > diminished tone (grayed out) and choose Uninstall. > *Do this with all Flash based devices unplugged. > Then re-insert your Flash drives and check Disk Mgmt for a proper > Drive letter assignment. > > "majestik" <jimm...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:95f6bf36-5a1d-4ce6-8bc9-57fcb1a60b93@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Bump. > > Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working? > > Thanks, > Jim > > On Sep 29, 11:55 pm, majestik <jimm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok, > > > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to > > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it > > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new > > disk drive. > > > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly > > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it. > > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not > > see any other drives. > > > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it > > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it > > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter. > > > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive > > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried > > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management. > > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > > JJ
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