Usb pen drive not working

ssrout

My 512mb mp3 player has worked ok for the last 6 months but has now unable to read the drive.
operating system is Xp pro SP1 can someone help and inform how to change the drive to read again

niceguyrichy

try it in a different comp

if it still doesn't work, drop it in a bin and buy a new one.

not much to be done with them if they die I'm afraid

ssrout

It works in my sons computor yesterday

niceguyrichy

ssrout wrote:

It works in my sons computor yesterday

ah, well that's a bit of a different story then

what does it (or doesn't it) do when you put it in your comp??

if it does nothing (and I mean you don't even get the Windows notification that 'hardware not installed...' blah), then try a different usb device and confirm that your usb ports are still working.

leesmithg

ssrout wrote:

My 512mb mp3 player has worked ok for the last 6 months but has now unable to read the drive.
operating system is Xp pro SP1 can someone help and inform how to change the drive to read again

Do a repair install of your operating system

I would also suggest after doing a repair install that you add sp2 to your system and get upto date.

Quincy_3

Ok first thing to do is get SP2 https://www.windowsupdate.com

And also just make sure their isnt a latch that locks the drive, have a look on the side of the drive, somewhere on the player maybe.

leesmithg

Quincy wrote:

Ok first thing to do is get SP2 https://www.windowsupdate.com

And also just make sure their isnt a latch that locks the drive, have a look on the side of the drive, somewhere on the player maybe.

Yes I would have suggested updating to sp2 first, however to do a repair install they would need an sp2 disk if the situation still didn't work..

I recently purchased a 1gb mp3 player that would only work when doing a repair install of xp pro sp2.

Quincy_3

leesmithg wrote:

Yes I would have suggested updating to sp2 first, however to do a repair install they would need an sp2 disk if the situation still didn't work..

I recently purchased a 1gb mp3 player that would only work when doing a repair install of xp pro sp2.

You could always save SP2 from MS and save to disk

leesmithg

Quincy wrote:

You could always save SP2 from MS and save to disk

I already created a xp pro sp2 slipstreamed and integrated driver, tweaks, hot fixes etc many moons ago.

I have a system that was created in September 2001 and has never been formatted and works fine as we speak.

I treat my system like a beautiful Woman, with love care and plenty of attention

ha

Quincy_3

leesmithg wrote:

I already created a xp pro sp2 slipstreamed and integrated driver, tweaks, hot fixes etc many moons ago.

I have a system that was created in September 2001 and has never been formatted and works fine as we speak.

I treat my system like a beautiful Woman, with love care and plenty of attention

ha

Already there

leesmithg

Use various tools.

Been to elder geek a time for policy problem, which I sorted myself.

nLite I prefer.

Autopatcher XP from the boys at neowin also comes in handy!