USB Jump Drive

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  1. sohailakmal

    sohailakmal Registered Member

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    Everytime I want my computer to recognize my jump/ flash drive, nothing happens. I keep installing and uninstalling the drive and I never see the drive in the "my computer" section. I tried it on my other computer and it works. Do i need to be connected to the internet for it to work? Any suggestions?
     
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    ronjor Global Moderator

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    If it works on one and not the other, I would say there is something wrong with USB port on the non-working computer.
    Look in device manager and check the USB controllers for any errors.
     

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    furballi Registered Member

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    I see the same issue with PCs loaded with the latest Norton AV (usually stock HPs). Not sure if Norton is the root cause of the problem because I only test my theory with demo PCs at the store (cannot clean install Windows or remove Norton AV).
     
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    VikingStorm Registered Member

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    Also make sure that Windows is actually assigning a different drive letter to the usb flash drive. Windows seems to randomly forget its settings for me with certain flash drives.

    [Run-->diskmgmt.msc]
     
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  5. sohailakmal

    sohailakmal Registered Member

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    Ok, so i assigned drive E to the jump drive and "my computer" still doesnt recognize it. I can access the files through the diskmgmt.msc though...Any thoughts? o_O
     
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    ronjor Global Moderator

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    Microsoft has some items to go through here.
     
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    sohailakmal Registered Member

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    Tried all those suggestions on the microsoft page and got nothing...
     
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    ronjor Global Moderator

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    Take a look here for more suggestions.
     
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