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by pm

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i have a USB mass storage that is connected to my machine which is running WinXP (legal version) but it is not being displayed under 'my computer'. I have tried assigning a drive letter to it but still it is not being detected.

When installing the drivers, I forgot to input registration details and I think this might have something to do with it. I can see the drive when on disk management but I can't access it. What do you think I need to do to counter this?

Thanks,
Paul

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by seanferd

and see if there is an error message there, and that the drivers are properly loaded.

Try having the add hardware wizard detect it.

by pm

I have done that and still the storage device is not being detected on 'my computer' though I can see it on device manager. Do you suppose the registry might be having a problem?

by p.j.hutchison

This can happen if the filesystem on USB drive is corrupt in some way and fails to mount. Try to mount it on another pc and run a chkdsk on the drive. Try back up the files on it and reformat.

by pm

The USB storage is not corrupt. I have connected it to a couple of other machines and it can actually be seen. It's only my machine which doesn't seem to detect and show it under 'my computer' though on other machine it can be seen. It's already formatted and works well from other machines.
Do you suppose that the machine's motherboard could be faulty with the drivers? Its an ASUS P5VD2 series (current in the market)

by oh smeg

If not you need to format the drive from the Disc Manager.

When you do that it will appear in My Computer and be available.

Col

by pm

It is formatted and still can't be seen on 'my computer'. I can see it under 'disk management'

by oh smeg

Or are you believing that it is because it was working previously or working on another computer?

Actually has it ever worked on this computer previously?

It could be numerous things like no USB Drivers or the wrong ones for that M'Board to a faulty/broken Plug on the M'Board.

By looking for the device in Drive Management you can see if the USB ports are working on that particular computer or not. It will also give you a guide as to what is wrong if you have a Hardware problem or a Software problem.

Col

by p.j.hutchison

When you connect a USB device it will pick the next available drive letter (A-Z). If those are blocked or hidden then it will never should up.
Load up GPedit.msc and look in User configuration\Admin Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer and make sure the following policies are not set:

Prevent access to drives on my computer.
Hide these specified drives on my computer.

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