"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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