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usb ports.not reconizing.

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by caradragon

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unless i have a disk to download for card reader or memory stick,my pc doesnt reconize hardware. i plugged in my mp3 player into usb port,it works because i downloaded it from disc.what i found that it was drive G it was in,i dont have a drive G listed on my computer.only D E F..can anyone help with directing me,i am at my wits end.1 year i have been trying to solve this myself,to no avail..cheers if i get a responce.

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by thumbsup2

Your post is very confusing and incomplete.

In the title, you say the USB ports are not working at all.

Yet, you say your MP3 player works fine, although it doesn't have the drive letter you want it to have.

You also have not told us what operating system you're using.

Please provide some accurate details of your situation and we'll try to help.

by risques

This has been discussed before
look at https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=283460&messageID=2681709

and the associated links.

IMHO You have a problem with USB permissions.

Somehow windows has altered the permissions for new USB devices while existing devices are OK because they are correctly registered.

This issue involves some registry editing so backup the registry first.

Plus one question, have you installed an update recently, or sometime before you used a new USB device? eg SP2 or SP3 as this has been thought of as partly responsible.

I have lost the link somewhere but the microsoft web site help also has an article on this issue I will try to link it to this question if I can find it.
Hope this helps

Mike

by caradragon

HI THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESPONCE,,I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I PUT MY MEMORY STICK,AND CARD READER INTO THE PRINTER USB,IT COMES UP WITH G DRIVE,ALL NOW IS WELL,MY PRINTER WORKS OFF ANOTHER USB PORT.NOW MY PROBLEM IS WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11,DOES NOT RECONIZE A BLANK NEW CD.. I AM XP,S/P 2.

by risques

the Blank CD may be faulty.
Does windows recognise it, eg does it show up in my computer with 700mb free or 0mb free?

The G drive thing may just be a drive allocation issue, sometimes a system will allocate a drive letter to a device and then increment the drive letter when a new devce is added.

by caradragon

MANY DISC"S TESCO,PHILIPS,MEMOREX,ALL A MIXTURE OF CD-R AND CD-RW,BUT WHEN I WANT TO WRITE ANYTHING WHETHER MUSIC OR PHOTOS,THE CD EJECTS,A MESSAGE COMES UP WITH EITHER,NO CD IN DRIVE,OR INSERT BLANK CD.I HAVE MANAGED TO COPY PHOTOS TO DRIVE G (MEMORY STICK)BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COPY TO CD. THANK YOU FOR REPLYING.I DONT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK IN MY COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE CD SAYS.SORRY A WEE BIT THICK,NAH OLD.

by risques

First open my computer so that you have your drives shown as Icons. C D E and so on - C probably being your main drive, D usually the CD drive. Others may be a restore partition or Card Reader, you may even have an A drive if you have a floppy.

Put a CD in the drive and shut the tray, then watch what happens with the icons. The icon for the CD drive will usually alter to show the nature of the CD you put in. Give it a few seconds then a small window should open with some options, see which you want and select it.
Then right click the CD drive icon and select properties from the options. A new small window will open with a representation of the drive, if it says 0 bytes free then the cd if faulty - or has data on it. if it reports 700+mb free the you have a cd to write to. Select your files and drag them to the relevant drive, windows will write your files to the disk.

Hopefully you will then have a window with the files you select, and an option to write them to the CD.
This can be faulty on occasions and you may end up with some faulty CDs with nothing on them. This is a common error, we have all written files to a CD and had nothing happen. The CD is then a 'coaster' which you will see mentioned on occasions.

Obviously some CDs can be faulty on purchase.

CDRWs are a dfifferent issue and involve setting options.

If you do not have a separate CD writing program then get one. They will take the sting out of copying files for you.

There are pay for or free. For Pay for I liked Nero http://www.nero.com/eng/index.html or free try http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

by caradragon

VERY MUCH,I FOUND THE G DRIVE,MY PRINTER WAS IN IT.I PUT MY PRINTER IN ANOTHER PORT STILL WORKS FINE,THE MEMORY STICK I PUT IN G PORT,GREAT DOWNLOADED MY PHOTOS TO IT,YESTERDAY I MANAGED TO BURN MUSIC TO CD,BURNED PHOTOS TO CD ALSO,SEEMED TO HAVE DONE THE PHOTOS OK,BUT COULDNT PLAY THEM BACK..MUSIC PLAYED BACK NO PROBLEM.

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