Multiple Card Flash Reader Shows Only One Drive

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My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought another
but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to the SD slot
works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it makes no
difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in device manager
and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to no avail. I now
sometimes get an error on windows shutdown cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any suggestions as to how I
might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.

TIA

Jon
 
You don't say the brand, model and firmware revision on the
reader. Check the reader's website for firmware updates.

Also see what happens if you use TWEAKUI or disk management
to unhide some drives. You may just have some hidden drive
letters.



| My old card reader started doing this. Originally it
showed drives H, I, J
| and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old
so I bought another
| but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which
corresponds to the SD slot
| works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it
makes no
| difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc
in device manager
| and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there
to no avail. I now
| sometimes get an error on windows shutdown
cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
| respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any
suggestions as to how I
| might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.
|
| TIA
|
| Jon
|
|
 
JRS said:
My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought
another but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to
the SD slot works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it
makes no difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in
device manager and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to
no avail. I now sometimes get an error on windows shutdown
cardreaderlookupwindow failed to respond and it sounds related to me. Do
you have any suggestions as to how I might sort the problem? I am using XP
Pro SP2.
Click to expand...

Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management

Do you see and disks that don't have letters? Maybe some drives that have
the same letter as a network share?
 
Noozer said:
Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management

Do you see and disks that don't have letters? Maybe some drives that have
the same letter as a network share?
Click to expand...
Thanks both for your suggestions

They are both just generic flash readers so I can't check for firmware
updates.

I only have one disc (Disc 3 Removable H) Under Computer management.

Non are hidden in Tweakui

Jon
 
My old card reader started doing this. Originally it showed drives H, I, J
and K. Then it started to show only H. It was pretty old so I bought another
but this again shows only drive H. Drive H which corresponds to the SD slot
works fine. I have tried it in different USB ports but it makes no
difference and I have also deleted all USB ports/hubs etc in device manager
and let them reinstall in case there is a conflict there to no avail. I now
sometimes get an error on windows shutdown cardreaderlookupwindow failed to
respond and it sounds related to me. Do you have any suggestions as to how I
might sort the problem? I am using XP Pro SP2.

TIA

Jon
Click to expand...

You may have to check in Device Manager and clear out the "hidden"
devices, unknown device or the card reader device and then le XP
redetect them. Here are the CMD comand-lines to allow Device Manager
to show most of the "hidden" devices:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd %SystemRoot%\System32
start devmgmt.msc
 
smlunatick said:
You may have to check in Device Manager and clear out the "hidden"
devices, unknown device or the card reader device and then le XP
redetect them. Here are the CMD comand-lines to allow Device Manager
to show most of the "hidden" devices:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd %SystemRoot%\System32
start devmgmt.msc
Click to expand...

Under the VIEW menu of the device mangler you can choose to show hidden
devices.
 
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