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Can't read from a USB Flash Drive (WinXP/SP3)

Asked by ednetman in Windows XP Operating System

I have a strange issue here. I am unable to read from a USB flash drive on my laptop. I can, however read from a USB Hard Drive. When I plug the device in, the OS recognizes the drive, installs the drivers, and says that it is ready for use. No drive letter is assigned.

If I assign a letter it is still inaccessible. I can right click on it in Disk Management and explore the device, but only for a few seconds before the connection closes. I have tried several flash drives and receive the same results.

I started a VMware session of UBunutu on my laptop and was to mount the device.
I have used USBDeview to remove all references to the drive. I also tried deleting all USB controllers and devices from the Device Manager and rebooting. I have re-installed SP3 and reinstalled the drivers for the laptop. Short of a clean install (which I can't do) I am at a loss.

Any ideas? Remember, I can't wipe it an reload from scratch. There is specialized software running on the machine that I can't be without and can't reinstall at this time.

HP Pavilion dv8000
Windows XP MCE / SP3
1gb RAM

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Can't read from a USB Flash Drive (WinXP/SP3)

Asked by ednetman in Windows XP Operating System

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