My friends usb problem

SilverAssassin · newbie! Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 8

[the friend] hey guys Smile

as you may alredy know there is a problem with my USB jumpdrive. it has failed to read on my home computer. heres a few kickers. the USB drive reads other devices just fine, i have XP as an OS, and the Jumpdrive reads in all other computers with XP. ive troubleshooted the USB port many times and... nothing, so lets see what i can get here Smile

idjota · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:

some of the older thumbdrives require software to be installed, which thumbdrive do you have anyway?
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Jsy3k · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject:

Have you checked with other devices and see whether your USB slot has not malfunctioned?
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Duthek · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

i had a USB memory stick from Sandisk

it had some of the same issues.

i spent 3 hours on the phone with their tech support, didn't do any good in the end

ended up that it had corrupted sectors in it, i returned and got a new one of the exact same size and model

it worked fine then
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SilverAssassin · newbie! Joined: May 27, 2005 Posts: 8

Jsy3k · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

emericaonline · newbie! Joined: Jan 14, 2006 Posts: 11

I'm not sure, but it could probably be that your usb drive isn't 2.0. Thumbdrives don't slow down their speeds to work for 1.0 like the external devices do. Maybe buy a new drive and installing it?

Nexweb · newbie! Joined: Jul 13, 2005 Posts: 48

It should work even if the port is USB1.1 Going to Disk Management would be the next step I would take. Could be that you need to format it or assign a drive letter to it.