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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external
drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
Write caching may be set wrong, and you are failing to use the "Safely
Remove Hardware" option when needed. (Device Manager, drive properties, "Policies" tab.) -- Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson .. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a
solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
I ALWAYS use "Safely Remove Hardware".
I keep my harddrives set to "Optimize for Performance", and thumb drives set to "Optimize for Quick Removal". However when attaching the new drives we never get past the driver not found for "Unknown Device" and drive letters are not set. - Michael Faklis "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in message ... Write caching may be set wrong, and you are failing to use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option when needed. (Device Manager, drive properties, "Policies" tab.) -- Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost Mark L. Ferguson . "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters
may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
Do you have a system restore point far enough back that could get your
registry right again if that's the problem? "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
Ventured back into the pit again, Colin :-)
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Do you have a system restore point far enough back that could get your registry right again if that's the problem? "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
Been here for about three months, John. But not in vista.general. No way.
"John Barnes" wrote in message ... Ventured back into the pit again, Colin :-) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Do you have a system restore point far enough back that could get your registry right again if that's the problem? "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, claiming "Unknown Device"
I see. This is cross posted to general, too.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Been here for about three months, John. But not in vista.general. No way. "John Barnes" wrote in message ... Ventured back into the pit again, Colin :-) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Do you have a system restore point far enough back that could get your registry right again if that's the problem? "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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Vista is not assigning driver letters to external drives, clai
I am having similar issues with a new computer, now running Vista Home
Premium. My USB external drives are not installing properly and are coming up "unknown device". They do not appear in disk management at all, and are not recognized anywhere as mass storage devices. I have tried uninstalling the USB drivers and reinstalling them, removing infcache.1, numerous reboots... I no longer have an XP computer to access the information on these drives. Help please? Anyone?? "John Barnes" wrote: I see. This is cross posted to general, too. "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Been here for about three months, John. But not in vista.general. No way. "John Barnes" wrote in message ... Ventured back into the pit again, Colin :-) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message ... Do you have a system restore point far enough back that could get your registry right again if that's the problem? "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... I think my problem may be corruption in the registry, where drive letters may be assigned. The problem started last month. Prior to that I had no problems attaching new storage devices. Then I bought a new PNY 8gb thumb drive certified for Vista ReadyBoost. That memory stick didn't work in Vista so I returned it and got the SanDisk 8gb thumb drive. That didn't work either. Now new external hard drives and thumb drives aren't assigned drive letters, and Vista claims they are an "Unknown Device". Hard drives and thumb drives that were in use prior to the PNY drive still work in Vista. - Michael Faklis "Bob" wrote in message . .. Same problem here with WD external drive. I have not been able to find a solution but I have found a pain in the ass workaround. I plug the drive into my XP machine where it is recognized and then connect it back to the Vista machine. Vista then recognizes it for a week or two then the cycle starts again. "Michael Faklis" wrote in message ... My Vista Ultimate laptop stopped assigning driver letters to new external drives, whether external hard drives or thumb drives. Old thumb drives I used in the past are still recognized. This problem is happening on my new Western Digital 1 tb external drive, whether using USB 2 or Firewire 400. It is also happening on my new SanDisk 8gb U3 thumb drive and a new PNY 1gb U3 thumb drive. When inserted, Vista starts loading driver drivers for the device, but then claims the drive is an "Unknown Device". For the external hard drive, the driver software installation finds the WD My Book USB Device, USB Human Interface Device, USB Mass Storage Device, USB Composite Device, and then it fails to find "Unidentified Device". Device Manger shows the WD My Book USB Device under disk drives, and also an Unknown device under Other devices. Disk Management shows the drive, but without a drive letter. My computer shows nothing for this drive. All of these drives work fine on my older XP Pro laptop. Please tell me why a drive letter is not being assigned to this "Unknown Device" and how do I correct this problem. - Michael Faklis |
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