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goto device manager Then do a refresh from teh toolbar, it will redetect everything
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goto device manager Then do a refresh from teh toolbar, it will redetect everything

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device manager shows USB Mass Storage Device with a yellow ! on it. toolbar doesn't have 'refresh'. i tried 'scan for hardware changes', but that didn't help. 
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device manager shows USB Mass Storage Device with a yellow ! on it. toolbar doesn't have 'refresh'. i tried 'scan for hardware changes', but that didn't help.

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that's not good. try rebooting, and see if the yellow exclaimation goes away. if it doesn;t, get the proper drivers for the reader, uninstall it and reinstall it.<br />

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that's not good. try rebooting, and see if the yellow exclaimation goes away. if it doesn;t, get the proper drivers for the reader, uninstall it and reinstall it.


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yes, rebooting cures it, but my question is how to restart it without rebooting. i have a lot of stuff running and would normally only reboot once a week.
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yes, rebooting cures it, but my question is how to restart it without rebooting. i have a lot of stuff running and would normally only reboot once a week.

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you dont need to use the safely remove hardware feature on a media reader(all flash media i have every used was hot swappable). at least it is in my external usb media reader which should function the same as an internal one.
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you dont need to use the safely remove hardware feature on a media reader(all flash media i have every used was hot swappable). at least it is in my external usb media reader which should function the same as an internal one.

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... meant to end the 1st paragraph with &quot;... doesn't mean you'll have an accident if you don't wear it.&quot;<br />

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... meant to end the 1st paragraph with "... doesn't mean you'll have an accident if you don't wear it."


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my XP pro sp2 machine has a built in memory card reader. when i use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' function after reading a card it leavers the card reader dead. is there any way to wake up the reader without rebooting?<br />

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my XP pro sp2 machine has a built in memory card reader. when i use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' function after reading a card it leavers the card reader dead. is there any way to wake up the reader without rebooting?


restarting memory card reader

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