Guest jamieT Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me mad. Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. Not from any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed device into another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have manually installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through device manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to see the USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any nearer to fixing it? please help
Guest Gary Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: usb device not recognised "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message news:uzIUutYxHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me mad. | Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card | | A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not | recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. Not from | any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed device into | another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have manually | installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through device | manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to see the | USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? | | have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any nearer to | fixing it? please help | Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools Computer Management /Disk Management(with the device plugged in ) You should see your USB device Right click on it & go to "change drive letter & paths" Assign it a different drive letter than what it is. Sounds like you have a cd or dvd drive that has already been assigned to the same drive letter that the USB device is trying to take. ~Gary |
Guest jamieT Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: usb device not recognised Hi Gary, it is not listed in the disk management as it is 'not recognised' i.e. yellow question mark. "Gary" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message news:OBM1R5axHHA.4604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message > news:uzIUutYxHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > | Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me mad. > | Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card > | > | A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not > | recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. Not > from > | any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed device > into > | another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have > manually > | installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through > device > | manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to see > the > | USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? > | > | have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any nearer > to > | fixing it? please help > | > > Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools Computer Management /Disk > Management(with the device plugged in ) > You should see your USB device > Right click on it & go to "change drive letter & paths" > Assign it a different drive letter than what it is. > Sounds like you have a cd or dvd drive that has already been assigned to > the > same drive letter that the USB device is trying to take. > ~Gary > > > | > >
Guest Gary Brandenburg Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: usb device not recognised "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23%23uco$cxHHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Hi Gary, | | it is not listed in the disk management as it is 'not recognised' i.e. | yellow question mark. I'm not familiar with a yellow question mark in "Disk Management-only in "Device Manager" so I'm wondering if you are looking in the right place,or not. Not saying that it can't be there- I've just never seen it & admit that I don't really know that much at all about Disk Management myself. It's just that I had the same problem at work with my USB thumb drive because there were other things occupying the particular drive letter that my USB Device wanted to take & it was as easy as assigning it a different drive letter. Good luck & keep us posted as there are some brilliant minds that come here & I'm sure that someone can help you . ~Gary | | "Gary" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message | news:OBM1R5axHHA.4604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... | > | > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message | > news:uzIUutYxHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | > | Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me mad. | > | Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card | > | | > | A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not | > | recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. Not | > from | > | any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed device | > into | > | another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have | > manually | > | installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through | > device | > | manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to see | > the | > | USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? | > | | > | have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any nearer | > to | > | fixing it? please help | > | | > | > Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools Computer Management /Disk | > Management(with the device plugged in ) | > You should see your USB device | > Right click on it & go to "change drive letter & paths" | > Assign it a different drive letter than what it is. | > Sounds like you have a cd or dvd drive that has already been assigned to | > the | > same drive letter that the USB device is trying to take. | > ~Gary | > | > | > | | > | > | |
Guest jamieT Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: usb device not recognised Hi Gary, I understand what you are saying as I frequently have to change drive letters in disk management at work. What I am saying is that it is not listed there as it is not installed in device manager "Gary Brandenburg" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message news:exvNd2wxHHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message > news:%23%23uco$cxHHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > | Hi Gary, > | > | it is not listed in the disk management as it is 'not recognised' i.e. > | yellow question mark. > > I'm not familiar with a yellow question mark in "Disk Management-only in > "Device Manager" so I'm wondering if you are looking in the right place,or > not. Not saying that it can't be there- I've just never seen it & admit > that > I don't really know that much at all about Disk Management myself. It's > just > that I had the same problem at work with my USB thumb drive because there > were other things occupying the particular drive letter that my USB Device > wanted to take & it was as easy as assigning it a different drive letter. > Good luck & keep us posted as there are some brilliant minds that come > here > & I'm sure that someone can help you . > ~Gary > > > | > | "Gary" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message > | news:OBM1R5axHHA.4604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > | > > | > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message > | > news:uzIUutYxHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > | > | Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me > mad. > | > | Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card > | > | > | > | A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not > | > | recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. > Not > | > from > | > | any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed > device > | > into > | > | another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have > | > manually > | > | installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through > | > device > | > | manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to > see > | > the > | > | USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? > | > | > | > | have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any > nearer > | > to > | > | fixing it? please help > | > | > | > > | > Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools Computer Management /Disk > | > Management(with the device plugged in ) > | > You should see your USB device > | > Right click on it & go to "change drive letter & paths" > | > Assign it a different drive letter than what it is. > | > Sounds like you have a cd or dvd drive that has already been assigned > to > | > the > | > same drive letter that the USB device is trying to take. > | > ~Gary > | > > | > > | > | > | > > | > > | > | > >
Guest Gary Brandenburg Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: usb device not recognised "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message news:O6LgDOxxHHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | Hi Gary, I understand what you are saying as I frequently have to change | drive letters in disk management at work. What I am saying is that it is not | listed there as it is not installed in device manager Aaah-I see what you're saying now. What shows in Device Manager under "Enhanced Host Controller"? Is the yellow question mark there? That would lead me to believe that it's a driver issue.Have you tried updating the driver (if that's the case)? Like I say-I'm pretty much*hit & miss* when it comes to those matters ,so I'm sorry that I'm not much help there. I do have a limited knowledge of computers & am learning more & more every day (mostly from here & trial & error)but I was addressing the drive letter issue when it may very well be (& sounds like it) a USB driver problem,or even something else. Many of the MVPs recommend this site: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html for USB troubleshooting & you may have better luck there. Like I say,there's a lot of more qualified ,more experienced ,seasoned users that can probably nail the problem right off the bat & I do hope that happens soon for you, if the site doesn't yield any solutions. Good luck jamieT & I'm sorry that I wasn't any help to you regarding this. I still feel that it'll end up being a simple fix & perhaps , one that we would say "now why didn't I think to do that?" ~Gary | "Gary Brandenburg" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message | news:exvNd2wxHHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | > | > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message | > news:%23%23uco$cxHHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... | > | Hi Gary, | > | | > | it is not listed in the disk management as it is 'not recognised' i.e. | > | yellow question mark. | > | > I'm not familiar with a yellow question mark in "Disk Management-only in | > "Device Manager" so I'm wondering if you are looking in the right place,or | > not. Not saying that it can't be there- I've just never seen it & admit | > that | > I don't really know that much at all about Disk Management myself. It's | > just | > that I had the same problem at work with my USB thumb drive because there | > were other things occupying the particular drive letter that my USB Device | > wanted to take & it was as easy as assigning it a different drive letter. | > Good luck & keep us posted as there are some brilliant minds that come | > here | > & I'm sure that someone can help you . | > ~Gary | > | > | > | | > | "Gary" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message | > | news:OBM1R5axHHA.4604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... | > | > | > | > "jamieT" <not@notway.co.uk> wrote in message | > | > news:uzIUutYxHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... | > | > | Ok folks would love some help with this problem which is driving me | > mad. | > | > | Win xp sp2. USB 1.1 built in and 2.o on pci card | > | > | | > | > | A few weeks ago I tried to plug a new thumb drive in and it was not | > | > | recognised and what ever I did I could not get it to load drivers. | > Not | > | > from | > | > | any location or cd. If I plug an existing and already installed | > device | > | > into | > | > | another USB port it will also not work and be unrecognised. I have | > | > manually | > | > | installed new drivers but when I direct the USB device to it through | > | > device | > | > | manger it will not see it. Its like windows has lost its ability to | > see | > | > the | > | > | USB drivers even though they are clearly there?? | > | > | | > | > | have practically worn my fingers out googling and still not any | > nearer | > | > to | > | > | fixing it? please help | > | > | | > | > | > | > Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools Computer Management /Disk | > | > Management(with the device plugged in ) | > | > You should see your USB device | > | > Right click on it & go to "change drive letter & paths" | > | > Assign it a different drive letter than what it is. | > | > Sounds like you have a cd or dvd drive that has already been assigned | > to | > | > the | > | > same drive letter that the USB device is trying to take. | > | > ~Gary | > | > | > | > | > | > | | > | > | > | > | > | | > | | > | > | |
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