external storage devices not recognized when connected

[USAis]

I think the driver may be corrupted....Is there a way I can load a new
driver? Both the flash drives and movable drives are not recognized by the
XP system?

 

[Iceman]

I think the driver may be corrupted....Is there a way I can load a new
driver? Both the flash drives and movable drives are not recognized by the
XP system?

There may be a number of other reasons as well. I refer you to this old
post; have a look at the author's "check list" for a number of fixes.

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...p.help_and_support/msg/937db9ca5a78d53e?hl=is

Shorter link: http://tinyurl.com/dmwc4x