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USB flash drive cannot be read when logged in as Windows user

I have an USB flash drive which can only be read if I logged into Windows XP as an administrator. What can I do so it can also be read when logged as an User or Power User.

Thank you in advance

Lukasz Chmielewski

Does the user see any drive letter ?

Lukasz Chmielewski

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/df091458-0d0c-4c61-ae50-a55163f67ee2

rockiroads

might be some kind of usb lock on it. if its that much of an issue can you not copy the files onto your c drive (as xp admin), format usb drive then copy again? depending on the lock it might or might not work (formatting that is)

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macga

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Roads_Roads:No can not see any drive letter

Cheers

macga

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Rockiroads:

Sorry I should have mentioned this is for an office which in term has access restriction for the office staff.

Cheers

rockiroads

well if there is access restrictions then I am not sure how you can bypass this. maybe start windows explorer (run as on right click) as administrator, would that help?

macga

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Dear slemmesmi,

Althought the recommended article on A DeStefano Blog has a different issue than mine. However since I installed and ran the program "Partition Wizard Home Edition" as an administrator, plug in the USB flash drive, I didn't even run the scan as mentioned in A DeStefano Blog, only executed the program and closed it. Now I'm able to access the USB flash drive as an User or Power User.

Not sure how and why, but as long as it works...

Many thanks for everyone's inputs and suggestions.

Kind Regards

MacGa