Hardware not recognized/not showing up

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A.D.A.

I have 2 removable flash drives which do not show up when I check "my
computer".
There's also a USB extension which is not recognized by XP pro.
All 3 work well on another computer.
I need these to work, urgently. Please help.
 
Try removing the usb root/controller devices in the Device Manager and
rescan for new hardware.

- Robert -
 
Are you on a network. I had the same problem of a flash
drive not showing - I had a network drive assigned the
same drive letter as my flash disk wanted to be (drive G
in my case.) You can right click on My Computer and go to
Manage and then to Disk Management to see if all your
drives are being seen by the system, then you can
reassign drive letters on any of them.

HTH

Martin
 
Not on network. I went to Disk Management as advised and found no network
drive assigned.
I did the search for hardware but nothing showed up. (Tried flash drive,
media reader/writer, ird)
Is there a way to test the USB ports themselves? Can it be they're not
working?

ada
 
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