Guest John Ratzenberger Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Lenovo laptop, 2 USB 2.0 ports, XP/SP2. A pocket drive lives in one USB port as E:, the other port is everything else. Has been working fine for years ... I installed iTunes/iPod using 2nd port -- all work fine. Both USB ports are still working hardware-wise <=== Note. If I plug in a USB device with own program, such as camera, iPod, etc, it works fine. But the 2nd port (the one the Ipod was in) is not recognized by Windows if I plug in a thumb drive, etc -- I cannot see the drive F: in My Computer. If I open a command window, I can see drive F and read/write, etc ... I just cannot see it in Windows itself ??? Annoying ... Any ideas - thanks in advance John
Guest Bob I Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Download TweakUI from Microsoft download area, and then use it to "Unhide" "F:" John Ratzenberger wrote: > Lenovo laptop, 2 USB 2.0 ports, XP/SP2. > A pocket drive lives in one USB port as E:, the other port is everything else. > Has been working fine for years ... > > I installed iTunes/iPod using 2nd port -- all work fine. > Both USB ports are still working hardware-wise <=== Note. > If I plug in a USB device with own program, such as camera, iPod, etc, it > works fine. > But the 2nd port (the one the Ipod was in) is not recognized by Windows if I > plug in a thumb drive, etc -- I cannot see the drive F: in My Computer. > If I open a command window, I can see drive F and read/write, etc ... > > I just cannot see it in Windows itself ??? > Annoying ... > > Any ideas - thanks in advance > John
Guest John Ratzenberger Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... John "Bob I" wrote: > Download TweakUI from Microsoft download area, and then use it to > "Unhide" "F:"
Guest Bob I Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Try Hide and then UNhide. John Ratzenberger wrote: > Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... > John > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>Download TweakUI from Microsoft download area, and then use it to >>"Unhide" "F:" > >
Guest John Ratzenberger Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Good thought - Thanks ! I tried several times, but no change. The machine makes the little "USB plug/unplug" sound and all that, but will not show the drive it "My Computer" even though I can access it. "Bob I" wrote: > Try Hide and then UNhide. > > John Ratzenberger wrote: > > > Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... > > John
Guest Bob I Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: ipod & usb What letters do appear in My computer, and is there a "real drive" for the letter? Also in Disk Management what letters appear compared to physically connected drives? John Ratzenberger wrote: > Good thought - Thanks ! I tried several times, but no change. > The machine makes the little "USB plug/unplug" sound and all that, but will > not show the drive it "My Computer" even though I can access it. > > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>Try Hide and then UNhide. >> >>John Ratzenberger wrote: >> >> >>>Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... >>>John > >
Guest John Ratzenberger Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Ah-ha, found it ! Thanks ! When I plugged in USB drive, F showed in Disk Management. I relooked at My Computer & saw that the external drive on my desktop (networked system) had F: assigned. If I click on that I see the USB drive. I've got to unscrew that, but I don't remember the problem before the iPod install. Again, thanks - your questions helped me see the issue ... John "Bob I" wrote: > What letters do appear in My computer, and is there a "real drive" for > the letter? Also in Disk Management what letters appear compared to > physically connected drives? > > John Ratzenberger wrote: > > > Good thought - Thanks ! I tried several times, but no change. > > The machine makes the little "USB plug/unplug" sound and all that, but will > > not show the drive it "My Computer" even though I can access it. > > > > > > "Bob I" wrote: > > > > > >>Try Hide and then UNhide. > >> > >>John Ratzenberger wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... > >>>John > > > > > >
Guest Bob I Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: ipod & usb Assign G to the USB drive and you should be good to go! John Ratzenberger wrote: > Ah-ha, found it ! Thanks ! > When I plugged in USB drive, F showed in Disk Management. > > I relooked at My Computer & saw that the external drive on my desktop > (networked system) had F: assigned. If I click on that I see the USB drive. > I've got to unscrew that, but I don't remember the problem before the iPod > install. > > Again, thanks - your questions helped me see the issue ... > > John > > "Bob I" wrote: > > >>What letters do appear in My computer, and is there a "real drive" for >>the letter? Also in Disk Management what letters appear compared to >>physically connected drives? >> >>John Ratzenberger wrote: >> >> >>>Good thought - Thanks ! I tried several times, but no change. >>>The machine makes the little "USB plug/unplug" sound and all that, but will >>>not show the drive it "My Computer" even though I can access it. >>> >>> >>>"Bob I" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Try Hide and then UNhide. >>>> >>>>John Ratzenberger wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Thanks, but I already have TweakUI & D,E,F,G are checked active ... >>>>>John >>> >>> >>
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