I have had flash drive. that I used before automatically show up in the My
Computer window. I have 2 other USB flash drives that are working properly,
but put another one in, and it is a San Disk 512 M. It shows up in My
Computer as drive P, but has no information on it, and is not accessible. I
have seen where you are supposed to use a file called usbXXXX.sys with flash
drives, but this drive doesn't have that file shown as part of the driver
package. Why can't Windows XP Pro determine that a device is a USB flash
drive and not some other sort of Storage. I seems to think that this device
is a CD drive. Right now, the new USB Flash drive is sitting there as drive
P, but can't seem to do anything with it. Any ideas of how to move ahead to
be able to use this drive that I got as a Christmas Present!!!!

Ron Geiken

"Enkidu" wrote:

>
> Tom, are you sure? When you plug in a USB Flash Drive it should
> automatically appear as a new drive in "Explorer" without any other
> action on your behalf. I know I've missed it a couple of times myself.
> Sorry to ask the dumb question, but sometimes it needs to be asked.
>
> Have you tried another USB socket? Again, sorry about asking the
> obvious. Have you tried it in someone else's machine?
>
> By the way, these sticks usually come pre-formatted.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff
>
> Tom H. wrote:
> >
> > I can access, format, and move files to this drive from the command
> > prompt. It still won't show in Windows Explorer however.
> >
> > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Is the flash drive formatted? If it is not it will not show up in
> >> Windows Explorer at all.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tom H." <TomH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:351C6AA9-C0B8-45A4-BB60-C617BAC3CBAB@microsoft.com...
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "Richard Urban" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Go into disk management and give it a drive letter (suggest R
> >>>> for removable) that is out of the way of other drives.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Tom H." <TomH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:B13B8C86-BD41-4258-9270-777E3FE69CB6@microsoft.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>> How do I get winXP Pro to show my flash drive in My Computer
> >>>>> so I can move files to it?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried that, gave it "S", but it still doesn't show. It does
> >>>> show up in my digital camera software however.
> >>
>