Seeing USB Flash Drive

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John

Running Vista and every time I plug in my new USB drive, the OS does not see
it. If I reboot, then it appears. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
Hi, John.

What does Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) say about that USB drive?

You might need to format it and assign a drive letter.

RC
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OK, I see the problem. The flash drive is trying to use drive 'F', but drive
'F' was being utilized by another share.
 
Hi, John.

Why not use Disk Management to (semi-)permanently assign that flash drive to
Drive X: - or some other letter that you won't stumble over every time you
insert it?

When left to its own devices, Disk Management assigns each new device "the
next available letter", which can often create conflicts. But, except for
the System and Boot drives, you can assign - and reassign - the letters you
want, and Disk Management will try to always assign those letters to the
same devices each time they are plugged in.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
 
Hi, Wiz.

You're welcome. And thanks for the feedback.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
 
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