Multiple Card Flash Reader Shows Only One Drive

[JRS]

My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought another
but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to the SD slot
works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it makes no
difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in device manager
and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to no avail. I now
sometimes get an error on windows shutdown cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any suggestions as to how I
might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.

TIA

Jon

 

[Jim Macklin]

You don't say the brand, model and firmware revision on the
reader. Check the reader's website for firmware updates.

Also see what happens if you use TWEAKUI or disk management
to unhide some drives. You may just have some hidden drive
letters.



"JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ut5smpY9HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| My old card reader started doing this. Originally it
showed drives H, I, J
| and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old
so I bought another
| but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which
corresponds to the SD slot
| works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it
makes no
| difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc
in device manager
| and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there
to no avail. I now
| sometimes get an error on windows shutdown
cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
| respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any
suggestions as to how I
| might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.
|
| TIA
|
| Jon
|
|

 

[Noozer]

"JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ut5smpY9HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
> and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought
> another but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to
> the SD slot works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it
> makes no difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in
> device manager and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to
> no avail. I now sometimes get an error on windows shutdown
> cardreaderlookupwindow failed to respond and it sounds related to me. Do
> you have any suggestions as to how I might sort the problem? I am using XP
> Pro SP2.

Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management

Do you see and disks that don't have letters? Maybe some drives that have
the same letter as a network share?

 

[JRS]

"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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>
> "JRS" <jon@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ut5smpY9HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I,
>> J and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought
>> another but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to
>> the SD slot works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it
>> makes no difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in
>> device manager and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there
>> to no avail. I now sometimes get an error on windows shutdown
>> cardreaderlookupwindow failed to respond and it sounds related to me. Do
>> you have any suggestions as to how I might sort the problem? I am using
>> XP Pro SP2.
>
> Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management
>
> Do you see and disks that don't have letters? Maybe some drives that have
> the same letter as a network share?
Thanks both for your suggestions

They are both just generic flash readers so I can't check for firmware
updates.

I only have one disc (Disc 3 Removable H) Under Computer management.

Non are hidden in Tweakui

Jon

 

[smlunatick]

On Sep 12, 6:15 pm, "JRS" <j...@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
> and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought another
> but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to the SD slot
> works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it makes no
> difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in device manager
> and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to no avail. I now
> sometimes get an error on windows shutdown cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
> respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any suggestions as to how I
> might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.
>
> TIA
>
> Jon

You may have to check in Device Manager and clear out the "hidden"
devices, unknown device or the card reader device and then le XP
redetect them. Here are the CMD comand-lines to allow Device Manager
to show most of the "hidden" devices:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd %SystemRoot%\System32
start devmgmt.msc

 

[Noozer]

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1189716678.332770.163650@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 12, 6:15 pm, "JRS" <j...@xvensson.f9.co.uk> wrote:
>> My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I,
>> J
>> and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought
>> another
>> but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to the SD
>> slot
>> works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it makes no
>> difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in device
>> manager
>> and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to no avail. I
>> now
>> sometimes get an error on windows shutdown cardreaderlookupwindow failed
>> to
>> respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any suggestions as to
>> how I
>> might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Jon
>
> You may have to check in Device Manager and clear out the "hidden"
> devices, unknown device or the card reader device and then le XP
> redetect them. Here are the CMD comand-lines to allow Device Manager
> to show most of the "hidden" devices:
>
> set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
> cd %SystemRoot%\System32
> start devmgmt.msc

Under the VIEW menu of the device mangler you can choose to show hidden
devices.