Recently I bought a new USB drive: a Kingston DataTraveler 1.0GB. I

installed it in the regular fashion, but I can't seem to access the

drive from Windows Explorer: it doesn't show in the Explorer, and when

I try to access it with "start j:", a box shows up saying "This

operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this

computer." BUT, it accesses fine in the Command Prompt: not only can I

change to J:, I can also copy files to it, and even open files on J:

(by using "start j:blahblah.blah").

 

My WinXP box is pre-SP1 and SP2 (I haven't been able to install either

Pack)... is this a factor or not? And what can I do about it?

 

PS: The strangest thing is, my previous USB drive, a 512MB from the

same line worked fine. Hmm...

<ungvichian@thaimail.com> wrote

> Recently I bought a new USB drive: a Kingston DataTraveler 1.0GB. I

> installed it in the regular fashion, but I can't seem to access the

> drive from Windows Explorer: it doesn't show in the Explorer, and when

> I try to access it with "start j:", a box shows up saying "This

> operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this

> computer." BUT, it accesses fine in the Command Prompt: not only can I

> change to J:, I can also copy files to it, and even open files on J:

> (by using "start j:blahblah.blah").

>

> My WinXP box is pre-SP1 and SP2 (I haven't been able to install either

> Pack)... is this a factor or not? And what can I do about it?

>

> PS: The strangest thing is, my previous USB drive, a 512MB from the

> same line worked fine. Hmm...

 

Hard to say, not having SP1 or better yet SP2 could be an issue. You really

need to get it installed. They resolve all kinds of operating system

operational and security issues.

 

Troubleshooting for USB Drives

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

 

General USB troubleshooting in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310575

 

Download Windows Service Pack 2 Standalone Version

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

 

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default810.mspx

 

Installing Service Packs

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

 

Pre-Install, Install, Cleaning Up Afterwards

http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45

 

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/sp2_whattoknow.mspx

 

Get the Latest Updates and Information from Your PC Manufacturer Before

Installing Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/oemlinks.mspx

 

The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837783

 

--

Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Update:

 

I've been able to get my drive working properly by using Disk

Management and remapping my new drive to K: (from J:)

 

However, it turns out that Explorer doesn't let me access J: no matter

what's attached to the USB port. For the record, I also have these two

things:

 

* A Sony CyberShot camera

* A Zen Nano Plus

 

I suspect the latter has something to do with it, since the My

Computer screen has a link to something called Zen Nano Plus Media

Explorer, which shows what's on my Zen Nano Plus player (it doesn't

work with any of other USB things, though). I did uninstall the Zen

Nano Plus but it still didn't let me access J:, so I reverted with

System Restore.