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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
When I plug in the external USB drive I use for backup, Vista recognizes it,
can read and write to it, etc. But within a few minutes Vista "forgets" the location of the USB drive. I note that, like most people, I have multiple USB devices plugged in. The error message I get is: ============================================= Could not find this item. This is no longer located in %3 NULL:OpText. Verify the item's location and try again DATADISK Space free: 74.4 GB Total size: 74.5 GB ============================================= This obviously appears to be a Vista USB problem, but searching the web for this error message turns up nothing. Is anybody else having this problem, or knows of a solution? [Removing error code numbers in Vista error messages was a really badly thought out decision. Error messages like the above are almost impossible to find based on the text itself. At least with an error number one had a chance of locating error message info on the internet.] |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
In message phillfri
wrote: This obviously appears to be a Vista USB problem, but searching the web for this error message turns up nothing. It does? It sounds to me more like a bad USB cable, or faulty/unpowered drive. I've seen very similar from drives which were supposed to be USB powered, but were trying to draw more current then the USB spec allowed, on a system that wouldn't or couldn't provide it. That is very much a shot in the dark though. -- I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
Thanks for the suggestion. But my USB hard drive has its own power source,
and works just fine on my Windows XP machine - which kinda indicates that the issue is a Vista issue. "DevilsPGD" wrote: In message phillfri wrote: This obviously appears to be a Vista USB problem, but searching the web for this error message turns up nothing. It does? It sounds to me more like a bad USB cable, or faulty/unpowered drive. I've seen very similar from drives which were supposed to be USB powered, but were trying to draw more current then the USB spec allowed, on a system that wouldn't or couldn't provide it. That is very much a shot in the dark though. -- I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
Sorry for reviving such an old thread... I have exactly the same problem. I just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. When I try to copy stuff from my external USB drive (with its own power supply) I get the same error message. Interestingly, for some items (e.g. pictures) I get the preview of the picture as thumbnail but cannot look at it with the Windows Photo Gallery or cannot copy it. When I connect the external USB drive to a WinXP machine it works fine... Any ideas whats wrong with that? -- BES |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
Hi, BES.
WHAT "old thread"? What "same error message"? You didn't quote any part of the prior conversation, so we have no idea what you are talking about - except for your new description. The headers for your post say that you are using: X-Newsreader: vBulletin USENET gateway I'm not familiar with that newsreader; does it have a setting such as "Include prior message in Reply"? Does that USB device show up in Disk Management? In Device Manager? Where did you get the Vista drivers for it? Are you trying to use the WinXP drivers in Vista? Is your drive plugged into a built-in USB connector, or to an external hub? RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64) "BES" wrote in message ... Sorry for reviving such an old thread... I have exactly the same problem. I just installed Windows Vista Home Premium. When I try to copy stuff from my external USB drive (with its own power supply) I get the same error message. Interestingly, for some items (e.g. pictures) I get the preview of the picture as thumbnail but cannot look at it with the Windows Photo Gallery or cannot copy it. When I connect the external USB drive to a WinXP machine it works fine... Any ideas whats wrong with that? -- BES |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
I've been struggling for the past week to sort out a similar problem occuring with my usb storage device, which is a 256mb flash disk. When I plug the device Vista installs the usb mass storage driver for the device and it is picked up in the Device Manager. The device is also displayed in Windows Explorer. It is only when I try to add files to the device that i receive the "Item not found" %3 NULL:OpText ERROR. The device works fine in XP. I've also tried to copy a file onto the device in XP and open it in Vista, but to no avail. The file is not even displayed on the device in Vista. Is there someone out there who could help me please -- bpdrotsche |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
Vista by default does not cache USB drives, activating buffer for my external drive solved the problem for me (Though I cannot remember where or how I did this, just try to google for this). I hope this helps, I somewhere filed the info away if I find it back I will submit it here. -- BES |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
-Fixed the %3 NULL:OpText USB problem by- updating all Universal Serial Bus Controller Drivers in the Device Manager. -- ghostfacekillah Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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Vista "forgets" USB Device Locations
Sorry for reviving an old thread as again but my iomega prestige can be recognised and can be read but most of my files are missing and it still says that this is the amount of space used up so i know its still there. Whenever I try to create a new folder or rename a folder it says unable to locate %3 NULL:OpText on my external harddrive. I cant do anything to the hard drive -- Karoltgreat |
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