bigpink

I run Win XP on a Dell Dimesnion 8200 and have Norton Internet Security running.
A.
I have 2 zip drives (different makes) that I have been using for several months and which both stopped working. When I plug them into a USB port "nothing" happens.
1. When I go to My Computer nothing is shown
2. When I go to Admin Tools>Computer Mgt>Disk Mgt not drive is shown (they are normally designated as "F")
Both zip drivs cam with their own installed software which installed when first used.
Other devices (camera, i Pod Nanno) work OK when connected to the same ports
B
Worst Case Scenario -If somehow the two drives have become simultaneously corrupted is there a way to force them to be recognized by the computer so that they can be reformatted and thereby salvaged eveme though the data is lost?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me!

carsey

Doe the 2 USB sticks work in other computers???
Are they Plug and Play enabled?

laboye

Hi and welcome to the forums! Anything USB is PnP with the exception of legacy devices. It would indeed be helpful to know if the 2 ZIP drives work in another machine. Also, with them plugged in, do they show up in device manager? If so, uninstall them and unplug/plug them in again.

-Eddie

bigpink

The drives work OK in another computer. It appears that the USB ports (2) in the side of my flat screen, where I normally plug the drives in, have stopped working. I have checked all of the wiring and all connections appear to be secure. Any SUgggestions - sorry for the tardy reply. I've been away on business.

Cyberdemon08

Have you tried going through Device Manager and uninstalling USB root hubs, then restarting and letting the computer reinstall them? This worked for me before on a similar issue

HisHighness

Hey everyone, I've got a weird problem here.

I bought an MP3 player and it's one of these USB ones that can also act as a flash drive. So I plug it in and it installed properly but it isn't assigned a drive letter and I can't find it in My Computer. Also my computer seems to really lag when it's plugged in, programs will hang but when I unplug it they pop right open. The player works like a top on my brother's computer though.

Here's what I've tried so far, based on searches for an answer:

- Uninstalling and reinstalling it.
- Uninstalling all USB components and allowing WinXP to find them again.
- Installing a program called "Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager"
- Going in to the "Manage" in My Computer and trying to assign it a drive letter, however as I mentioned this screen just hangs whenever it's plugged in, but as soon as I unplug it the screen pops right up.
- Installing the driver (The manual said it wasn't nessesary for WinXP but since it didn't work I figured I'd try it)
- Shutting down every non essential program and trying it then.
- Restarting windows
- Checking to see if there were any windows updates (There weren't)

Any ideas?

TheMatt

Have you tried these:

Go into the services window (Start > Run... > Services.msc) and enable these:

Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play Device Host

If that doesn't work, when the Add New Hardware Wizard pops up, click Install from a specific location manually, and put a check in Include this location in the search, and select C:\WINDOWS\inf in the adjacent window. Then let it search, and it should find it.


HisHighness, please start a new thread for this, as they are different. Try the steps I posted above and see if that helps.

HisHighness

Okey Dokey.