WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of these steps have fixed my problem.


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WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

Has WD support also not provided you any recent Vista driver updates or
other meaningful help?

"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home
Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts
to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed
to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and
receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and
the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any
help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.


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WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

Has WD support also not provided you any recent Vista driver updates or
other meaningful help?

"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home
Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts
to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed
to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and
receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and
the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any
help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.


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WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in NTFS
format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the drive so
it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home
Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts
to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed
to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and
receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and
the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any
help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.


Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in NTFS
format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the drive so
it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home
Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts
to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed
to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and
receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and
the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any
help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.


Post Originated from http://www.VistaForums.com Vista Support Forums

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

Hi, Michael.

I think you meant to "convert" the drive from FAT to NTFS. Reformatting it
WILL destroy the data. But the built-in command, convert.exe, will convert
the format from FAT to NTFS without destroying the contents - and it is much
quicker than reformatting, practically instantaneous.

To the OP: In a Command Prompt window, type: convert /?
This should display a "mini-Help" screen showing how to use the command.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Michael Walraven" wrote in message
...
If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in NTFS
format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the drive
so it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista
Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows
starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is
supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support
and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device"
and the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of
any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

Hi, Michael.

I think you meant to "convert" the drive from FAT to NTFS. Reformatting it
WILL destroy the data. But the built-in command, convert.exe, will convert
the format from FAT to NTFS without destroying the contents - and it is much
quicker than reformatting, practically instantaneous.

To the OP: In a Command Prompt window, type: convert /?
This should display a "mini-Help" screen showing how to use the command.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Michael Walraven" wrote in message
...
If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in NTFS
format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the drive
so it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista
Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows
starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is
supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support
and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device"
and the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of
any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects
immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in
these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and
have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

YES YES Convert, not format (embarrassed)

Michael


"R. C. White" wrote in message
...
Hi, Michael.

I think you meant to "convert" the drive from FAT to NTFS. Reformatting
it WILL destroy the data. But the built-in command, convert.exe, will
convert the format from FAT to NTFS without destroying the contents - and
it is much quicker than reformatting, practically instantaneous.

To the OP: In a Command Prompt window, type: convert /?
This should display a "mini-Help" screen showing how to use the command.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Michael Walraven" wrote in message
...
If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in
NTFS format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the
drive so it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista
Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows
starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is
supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows
Support and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB
device" and the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were
they of any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it
connects immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from
SpiritX in these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to
completion, and have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

YES YES Convert, not format (embarrassed)

Michael


"R. C. White" wrote in message
...
Hi, Michael.

I think you meant to "convert" the drive from FAT to NTFS. Reformatting
it WILL destroy the data. But the built-in command, convert.exe, will
convert the format from FAT to NTFS without destroying the contents - and
it is much quicker than reformatting, practically instantaneous.

To the OP: In a Command Prompt window, type: convert /?
This should display a "mini-Help" screen showing how to use the command.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Michael Walraven" wrote in message
...
If the drive is in a fat format you might consider reformatting it in
NTFS format. Such a change does not destroy the data and might 'fix' the
drive so it will work in both machines.

Michael


"Intrepid5295" wrote in message
...
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista
Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows
starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is
supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows
Support and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB
device" and the like.......none of which pertain to my problem nor were
they of any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it
connects immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from
SpiritX in these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to
completion, and have lost the last sheet.
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of
these steps have fixed my problem.

WD Passport USB device not recognized.
 

On Jan 1, 1:47*am, Intrepid5295 wrote:
I own a WD Passport device that, once upon a time, worked on my Vista Home Premium desktop. Now, whenever I plug it into any USB port, Windows starts to search for a driver......which it cannot find because none is supposed to be required. I have sent multiple messages to Windows Support and receive all kinds of stuff telling me "how to install a USB device" and the like........none of which pertain to my problem nor were they of any help. I can take the device to my son's XP desktop, and it connects immediately. Earlier in December, I received a message from SpiritX in these forums, but I was sidetracked in following them to completion, and have lost the last sheet..
I have completed the SCANNOW, CHECKDISK, and USB stack refresh. None of these steps have fixed my problem.

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