Desktops: Flash Drive Doesn't Appear in Windows Explorer
Flash Drive Doesn't Appear in Windows Explorer
by farmer-dave - 1/21/08 4:27 PMI recently added a couple of old hard drives from another PC to my desktop which runs XP SP2. I used Partition Magic 8.0 to remove some extraneous partitions from the added drives after installing them. All the hard drives are viewable and working fine.
Now my 8MB USB flash drive no longer appears in Windows Explorer. I can still access it in a DOS window, and I can browse (and write) to it from other applications. Folder Options are set to view hidden and system files.
Any ideas on what the problem is with Windows Explorer?
(NT) Hint: TWEAKUI, set it to show that drive.
by R. Proffitt
- 1/21/08 4:49 PM
In reply to: Flash Drive Doesn't Appear in Windows Explorer by farmer-dave
Already Set
by farmer-dave - 1/21/08 10:05 PM In reply to: (NT) Hint: TWEAKUI, set it to show that drive. by R. Proffitt
I checked with TweakUI, the drive is already set to show.
(NT) Try typing that drive letter in Explorer's location bar.
by R. Proffitt - 1/22/08 5:49 AM
In reply to: Already Set by farmer-dave
Cannot find
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 9:04 AM In reply to: (NT) Try typing that drive letter in Explorer's location bar. by R. Proffitt
Good idea, but it still doesn't see the flash drive. The response from Windows Explorer is:
Cannot find 'file:///L:/'. Make sure the path or Internet address is correct.
I tried different combinations of the address such as /L:, \L:, \L:\, \\L:, \\L:\, //L:, //L:/, all to no avail.
In Explorer, not Internet Explorer...
by R. Proffitt - 1/22/08 10:09 AM
In reply to: Cannot find by farmer-dave
It's just ...
L:
Bob
That's what I was doing
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 10:54 AM In reply to: In Explorer, not Internet Explorer... by R. Proffitt
I WAS using Explorer, not IE. I got the "not found" message when entering just L:
So the DOS prompt and ...
by R. Proffitt - 1/22/08 11:06 AM
In reply to: In Explorer, not Internet Explorer... by R. Proffitt
DIR L:
Works?
Yes, and...
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 2:23 PM In reply to: So the DOS prompt and ... by R. Proffitt
I can also browse and write to it from other Windows applications. The issue seems confined to Windows Explorer. Unfortunately, deleting files from the drive is much more difficult without a GUI interface. I guess I could stick the drive into the USB port of another computer to do file management...
(NT) Tell me you didn't install DAEMON TOOLS
by R. Proffitt - 1/22/08 3:50 PM
In reply to: Yes, and... by farmer-dave
No Daemon Tools
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 4:51 PM In reply to: (NT) Tell me you didn't install DAEMON TOOLS by R. Proffitt
No Daemon Tools (whatever they are).
Are there ANY drive emulators in there.
by R. Proffitt - 1/22/08 6:46 PM
In reply to: No Daemon Tools by farmer-dave
If you email me your HIJACKTHIS logfile I can see if there are any.
FAT32 is fine for usb memory sticks.
perhaps the drive is (re)using the drive letter of the flash
by ramarc - 1/22/08 4:12 PM In reply to: Flash Drive Doesn't Appear in Windows Explorer by farmer-davego to disk management and assign another drive letter:
start -> control panel -> classic view -> computer management,
open 'disk management', right click the flash drive and assign an unused drive letter.
Great Idea, But...
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 4:59 PM In reply to: perhaps the drive is (re)using the drive letter of the flash by ramarcit still doesn't show in Explorer! The drive letter change was successful, and it now shows as I: in Disk Management, but doesn't appear in Explorer. I noticed that all my other drives are NTFS, while this one is FAT32. That shouldn't be a problem, should it?
FIXED!
by farmer-dave - 1/22/08 8:14 PM In reply to: perhaps the drive is (re)using the drive letter of the flash by ramarcYour suggestion to change the drive letter via Disk Management solved the problem, but it required a reboot for it to appear in Explorer.
Many thanks for everyone's help!
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