USB Mass storage drive is recognized by Win XP but doesn't show up in windows explorer. Anyone know how to fi
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Have you tried to -reboot- the pc after installing the USB drive? You have to do this for some pc's. Others (plug-and-play) don't need this done.\n\nIf the USB drive is recognized by WinXP, then it should be one of the drives designated as:\n\nDrive B:, D:, E:, or F:\n\nDrive A: is usually designated as your pc's primary cd or dvd drive.\nDrive C: is usually designated as your pc's primary hard drive.
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At that Time DOS never even heard of a USB device so it is very unlikey your pendrive will not work because DOS itself can't see USB ports also DOS is restricted to the FAT-16 format. so IF ya pen drive is NTFS it wont recognise that either. I'm afraid your at a lost cause!. sorry
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Since its Windows 98, you will need to install the drivers for the thumb drive separately. You can find the drivers on a CD that probably came in with the drive when you purchased it. However, as you probably already know, you don't need to do that on the XP machine.
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I will be guiding you on my Win 2000 but it's almost the same.\nGo to My Computer -> right click -> Properties.\nMove through the tabs until you see something like "Startup and Recovery". It should be in the "Advanced" tab or something close to it.\nThere you can uncheck the option to detect existing operating systems.Afterwards it will be OK and it won't show up anymore.\n\nYou might want to make sure you format your drive on the next reinstall of windows XP (it will happen sooner or later :) )\n\nGood Luck to you
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If you can see the contents of the drive on another pc, then it might be necessary to reinitialize the usbhub attibute on your pc.  Go to my computer, right click and choose manage.  bring up the the device manager, and delete the usb hub. then have the computer re-review the pc components.  this should bring the hub back up with the right drivers.  then put the stick in and see what happens
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If it isn't automatically detecting it, you'll likely need to manually enter the information.  There should be an option in the bios to manually enter it - you'll likely need to consult your HD documentation to get the drive's geometry so you can input it.
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First, check that the device doesn't show up if you put the flash drive in another USB port. If it doesn't, check your 'eject hardware' icon to see if the flash drive is showing there. If it isn't, it sounds as though the drivers and software for your USB are out of date or have been corrupted in some way. This can sometimes happen when you install Windows updates or software that conflicts (upon installation) with your hardware drivers. Check to see if there are up to date drivers for your flash drive on the manufacturer's website. If not, you will need to uninstall the software and reinstall the flash drive again using the original installation disc. \n\nBefore doing this, check Device Manager to see if it is flagging up any conflicts. If everything is okay, remove the flash drive from your USB port. Check your 'add/remove programs' list in Control Panel to see if the software for your flash drive is showing up. If it is, uninstall it. Reboot your computer. Then re-attach your flash drive to your USB port. With a bit of luck, the hardware installation wizard should recognise it as new hardware and open. If it does this, re-install the drivers for your flash drive and you should be away.\n\nIf it doesn't, you may need to do a manual install, although this reduces the chances of the flash drive working.
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just plug it in through the USB and then the computer will detect it, then transfer ur files to it, do the same with other comp. to download ur stuff, a simple copy paste will work
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if your mother board supports usb then get a usb 2.0 drive\n\nand install it in the socket where your usb1.0 was fixed
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all the drive is no matter is cd or with rw or dvd or with rw, after you install it, reboot, see if light blink on drive during reboot, (if no, faulty drive) \nafter reboot, if hold alt and click my computer, \n(for xp) go to hardware tab and then device mgr button, \n(for w98) go to device mgr tab,\nif it show a normal cd drive icon(without red circle or question mark), then is a good install, at least cd tray can eject when choose from popup menu.\nif no icon, data cable, power cable and sound cable is installed, then the drive probably is faulty, replace it.
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sounds like your flash drive has died Dude ... try another one or something else in the USB ports .... if the "something else" works ... it's definately a dead flash drive
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While in Disk Management, make sure it was assigned a free drive letter. If not, assign it an available one.\n\nThis happens to me sometime with USB flash drives. I just go in, give it another drive letter, and it shows up in My Computer.
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Two suggestions to try\n1)contact the manufacturer\n\n2)If there is not a write protect tab - If you are using Win XP - Right Click My Computer and select Properties - then Hardware tab - then Device Manager\nLook for the entry for your usb drive delete it. Then let XP find it and reinstall it again.
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It should be "plug and play". The name of the drive will depend on which USB port you plug it into (so my computer calls my flash drive by a different letter if I plug it into a different port).\n\nHave you tried restarting your computer? I've had this problem when installing plug and play devices before - the computer appears not to have installed the software, but it has, it only becomes active after you have restarted it.
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If you're using an older OS like Win98, it can't see ntfs partitions.  It sounds like the 120GB drive is formatted in ntfs and the recovery partition is formatted in FAT32 (which all Windows OS recognizes).\n\nI suggest reformatting the drive in FAT32 or upgrade to WinXP.
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most USB devices will be recognised automatically in Windows XP...if you have Windows 98, you will need to install drivers for the device, either from a CD (if you have one) or from the product's website. If you are using XP, and the device isn't installed automatically, then you need to install the appropriate drivers/software for the device manually - again, either from a CD or the product's website. \n\nif it still isn't recognised after doing this, then the device may be faulty...
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you have to format and name the drive using the admin tools then it will show up as a drive\n\nuse control panel/admin tools/computer management/storage then disk management right clcik the new drive and format as ntfs and the drive should show up in "My Computer"