USB ISSUES - External Storage Devices not showing up at all

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estevens

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Topic # 7867 16-May-2006 23:50

I am totally stuck on this one...
Turned on my pc, same as usual
then noticed my external hard drive (modix) and my usb flash disk were not registering.
When I go to update the drivers, I get (Code 28) - something about a function driver etc...
I have Windows Service Pack 4, I have tried to update the usb.inf, in both normal and safe modes.
when it picks up the driver, it fails to complete the installation.
This is driving me nuts. I can't do any work without it.
Anyone had this problem before? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

ollie28

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Reply # 36506 24-May-2006 22:53

Can you see the drives in "disk management"?

Also does "Device manager" show anything unusual or anythinag at all about your devices?

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Reply # 37329 31-May-2006 18:41

Are you using any network drives? If you have assigned a conflicting letter to a network drive share, it may render the USB drives "invisible".

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Reply # 37373 31-May-2006 22:46

The drive will still show in disk management even if there is a conflicting drive.

From there you can right click the drive and take the "Change deive letters and paths..." to change to a free drive letter