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    Flash drive not recognized by xpsp2

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Mack, Aug 24, 2006.

  1. Mack

    Mack Newbie

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    I have a hp dv1000t with 1gb and 60 gb drive. I am a school teacher and have students giving me assignments via a thumb drive. Most thumb drives are fine, but some of the drives are not recognized by xp sp2. They show up in device manager but not under my computer or explorer. Has anyone had similar problems?

    Mack
     
    Mack, Aug 24, 2006
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  2. fdlazarte

    fdlazarte Notebook Consultant

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    what's the brand of your thumbdrive? sometimes, flash drive requires to install the driver first before using it.
     
    fdlazarte, Aug 24, 2006
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    I thought that wasn't necessary under sp2
     
    Mack, Aug 24, 2006
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    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    Flash drive drivers shouldn't be necessary in any version in Windows XP. They are automatically recognized as a USB Mass Storage Device, which Windows natively supports.
     
    vestige, Aug 25, 2006
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    fdlazarte Notebook Consultant

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    i know it shouldn't but it happened... a friend of mine has 1gb sandisk thumbdrive and xpsp2 needs the driver!
     
    fdlazarte, Aug 25, 2006
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    jimithing78 Notebook Enthusiast

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    are the all windows format? some of them may be giving you a mac formatted thumb drive.

    also, they may have formatted their thumb drives to show as a particular disk drive. if you've already got a disk drive with that drive letter they won't show. if that's the case you'll have to go into the disk manager and assign them a new drive letter.
     
    jimithing78, Aug 25, 2006
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